With Purpose, On Purpose

Our Lord’s whole purpose in becoming one of us in human history
was to die for us. As a result, He purposely marched toward
Jerusalem and the certain death on the cross He knew would come.
For Him, the Scriptures were not forecasts of what might happen
but God’s immutable will for Him. He had to suffer and die so
that we could be saved. And the eternal life He thereby won for
us gives us purpose in daily living. We can willingly deny
ourselves in service to others; we can take up our cross, knowing
that our life with Him will never end.