“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” … “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.”
At the ninth hour, darkness covered the land and Jesus cried out, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” These words were not the groan of a mere martyr crushed by physical pain. No. In that moment, the eternal Son truly bore the full weight of the world’s sin. The Father turned away in righteous wrath as every guilty stain—yours and mine—was laid upon Christ. He was made sin for us (2 Cor 5:21), made a curse for us (Gal 3:13), forsaken so that we would never be.
No deeper proof exists of sin’s horror than that the beloved Son was abandoned by His Father. And no stronger proof exists of His love than that He willingly drank that cup to the dregs.
Then, with a loud voice—strong, calm, and trusting—Jesus declared, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” The One who had been forsaken now rests again in perfect fellowship. His work is finished. Death is defeated. The veil is torn. The way to the Father is open.
Because Jesus was forsaken, we never will be.
Because Jesus committed His spirit into the Father’s hands, we can do the same.
Therefore, let His cry on the cross make you hate sin with all your heart.
Let His final prayer teach you to meet death without fear—calm, confident, and clinging to the Father who receives every believer through the finished work of His Son.
Jesus was forsaken that you might be forever accepted.
Jesus died trusting that you might die triumphant.
“It is finished.”
Now live in that victory, and one day you too will say with joy,
“Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.”
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