Father into Your hands I commit My spirit (Luke 23:46) He who freely gave Himself into the hands of His executioners was now committing Himself into the hands of His Father. In life He had always submitted to His Father’s will, and now in death it would be no different.

The forsaken feeling He’d experienced shortly before no longer remained. He knew God would answer His expectation, so, gasping His last breath, Jesus uttered His last words—words of complete faith.

Exactly as predetermined, of course, three days later God brought Him back to life.

Can we, likewise, put ourselves in God’s hands, not only when we die but, like Christ, in every day that we live?