EVEN THEN, HE KNEW

     Throughout life, we all, at some time or other, wish we knew our future.  For some, knowing the problems or sickness to come would be unthinkable to deal with.  Thank goodness, we are protected from that until the proper time.  If we knew what was to come we would worry ourselves even sicker. 
     Yet, Jesus knew His future.  Most of us have read the story of Jesus when He was only twelve years old teaching in the temple.  When His parents found Him He said, "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"  From the Word we all learn that Jesus knew He had come to bring new life (salvation) to believers.  He came to teach so that people would believe. 
     Knowing all of this, I never ever once thought about the fact that He must have known, even as a young child, about the pain, the cross, and the nails. He worked beside his dad who was a carpenter.  Surely Jesus hammered and nailed, learning the trade.  Every time He struck those nail heads with his hammer, do you think He knew what those nails would do to Him?  I believe He knew His fate but never wept for Himself. 
         

Even Then, He Knew!

 

Stirring in His mother’s womb;
He knew about the tomb;
Working beside His dad,
Learning the trade as a lad,
Even then, He knew!

With every strike upon the nail,

With every windy gale;
In His youth,
He knew the truth.

Teaching in the temple as a lad;

He amazed and made the listeners glad.
Even then, He knew!

Going about His Father’s business;

Tempted in the wilderness;
Seeking the lost,
He never counted the cost,
But He knew!

Healing the sick and the lame,

He felt their sin and their shame.
Casting the demons out;
There is no doubt,
He knew!

Before the betrayal hour,

He felt the nails and their power.
He’d come to be a sacrifice;
Nailed to a cross would be the price.
Oh yes, even then, He knew!
                               Mary Crisp Jameson