As they crucified Jesus they threw his own words back at him, mocking him. “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross” (Mt 17:29).
But that was the very reason he didn’t come down off the cross, because he was the Son of God. Only a perfect sacrifice could be given for our sins. Even as he was dying, they sought after signs and did not believe because God was not doing what they expected.
Paul wrote, “…We were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead” (2 Cor 1:8-9).
Sometimes God does not do what we expect or want him to do because he is teaching us to trust him. He is weaning us off milk and giving us spiritual meat.
