Our Great God

If you were a king with absolute authority and power, would you step down to become weak, powerless, spit on, and tortured, for people that didn't know you, and wanted you dead? I don't think I would.
Think about this. God is wholly in charge of EVERYTHING (not just a kingdom, not just a country, a continent, or even just the world, but the UNIVERSE), can do whatever He wants, has the most absolute power... And He became human. A baby. He went from being more powerful than we can imagine, to a baby that could do nothing, but required it's mother and father to keep it alive. THINK ABOUT THAT. If you were that powerful, would you want to be hindered by being a human, and what's more, a baby? But that's not all. (By the way, you really should STOP reading, and think about that...)

That's not all. He was mocked. Jeered at. Called a liar. Called SATAN. Spit on. Ignored. Abandoned by His twelve best friends. Betrayed by one for money. Had his skin ripped open. His body bruised. And eventually hung naked on a cross and died. 
This is GOD we're talking about. And He took it willingly.
And who did this to Him? The very ones who He came to save. The ones who condemned Him were the ones worshipping in HIS house. The ones who said they were praying to Him. And they condemned Him to die?! And He took it?? He didn't just smite them and make everyone believe that He is God then and there?
No, He loved us so much that He finished what He came to do, and died.
For us.
In our place.
Do you realize what happened there? We should have that done to us and worse because of our sin. We willingly go against what God lovingly says is best for us, and He takes the punishment for us? Do you understand? He went through all that because He loved you. Even before you loved Him. Even if you absolutely hate Him. He still loves you. Even when you mess up. You can't mess up so badly that what He did on the cross is void and doesn't work for you anymore. His sacrifice covers everything, and He keeps loving you. Did I mention that He rose from the dead? Until the last year or so I was all "whoop-de-do, He's God, of course He rose from the dead, shouldn't we focus more on the death that He died for us?" And then it struck me, that if He hadn't risen again, He wouldn't really be the God that we serve. He would be...well, not nearly as awesome. Our God is a GREAT God.