He wants your faith

Mary paid a tremendous price to bring the Savior into the world. It was an awful price, to tell the truth, to have to stand beneath the cross of the Lord Jesus and see Him die. The cross of Christ has moved many people. Artists have painted the picture. Songwriters have sung about it. Preachers have talked about it. And there’s a danger of dwelling on the sympathy angle, because He doesn’t want your sympathy. Right here in Luke He’ll tell the women who are weeping, “Weep not for Me. Weep for yourselves.” If you have tears for Jesus, save them and save them for yourself. Not for Him. He doesn’t want your sympathy. He wants your faith.