The Way Made Open
Good Friday - Devotion
Jesus paid for our sin, He made a way for us to return to a direct relationship with God the Father, opening direct access to His presence.
Passage: Isaiah 53:5–6
“He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins… and the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.” Isaiah 53:5–6 (NLT)
Keywords: Sacrifice, Redemption, Relationship, Access, Grace
Reflection
There is no distancing ourselves from this passage. “All of us, like sheep, have strayed away…”
This is all of us (humanity). We can deny it, but that doesn’t change it. We have all chosen our own way. Stepped outside of God’s order and followed our own path.
And the result is separation. This is where everything shifts. “Yet the Lord laid on Him the sins of us all.” This was not an accident. This was always the plan.
That the Servant would come. The perfect Servant. The Son of God.
That He would go to the cross, to that wooden tree, and carry the full weight of the sins of the world. For you. And for me.
“He was pierced… crushed… beaten… whipped…” The cost is real. And there is real weight to this moment that we should not rush past.
But this was not just about payment. Jesus went to the cross to pay for our sin. But capture this, He went to the cross to create a way.
A way back. A way back into relationship with Him. A way back into the presence of God.
The cross is where sin is dealt with, and it is also through the work of Jesus on that cross and the payment for sin, where He made a way. He is ‘The Way’. Access is opened.
The barrier is removed. The separation is undone. Because of Him, we are invited back into relationship. Into closeness and the presence of the Father.
The throne room is no longer closed, the veil has been torn and through Him, we can come. Not as strangers, but welcomed. Restored.
And even here, there is hope. This was not defeat. This was victory in motion.
Because the cross is not the end. It is the doorway. And Sunday is coming.
Application
Pause. Reflect. Receive: Take time to sit with this truth:
Do I truly receive what Jesus has done for me?
Am I living as someone who has access to the Father?
Prayer
King Jesus, thank You for going to the cross for me.
Thank You that You carried my sin, and made a way for me to come back into relationship with the Father.
Help me to understand the depth of what You have done. Help me to receive it fully, and to walk in the freedom and closeness You have made possible.
With gratitude and awe I pray, Amen.