Jesus let the nails hold Him to the cross. He submitted to their power. He accepted their pain. He forgave the driver of the nails which fastened Him to the wooden beams. It is not easy to hold steady in the midst of our crucifixion. We can pull against the nails or we can surrender to them. We can protest this dying or we can accept it in the name of the One who died for us. Father, I accept the nails that confine me, and by them please refine me!
“They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.” John 19:17-18 (NASB)
