Have you made an emphatic declaration? What did you declare? Did you face opposition? How did you respond to the opposition? Did you respond even more emphatically? Did whomever opposed you cease their opposition? Did they walk away? Were you satisfied?
Making declarations may include facing opposition, depending on what we are declaring and who we are declaring to. We may “set our foot down” and make our declaration again, more emphatically. That may be the end of it or there may be resentment from the opposition.
Pontius Pilate made a declaration when he had a sign made to put on the cross above Jesus. The Jewish leaders were upset and wanted the sign modified. They wanted it to specify that Jesus said it about himself. They did not want any implication coming their way. But Pilate shut them down and emphatically told them the sign would not change.
Pilates declaration was more than a human declaration. It was another nod to the Messiah. It indicated that Jesus was the One prophecy had been pointing to. Not that Pilate knew that himself, but it continued to show that Jesus was in full control of everything that happened surrounding His mission. Nothing happened in the last few days that Jesus did not control, including what Pilate wrote.
I pray we all know that Jesus was in full control the entire time He walked this earth. I pray we know Jesus willingly fulfilled His mission. I pray each one of us will allow Jesus to control our lives. Jesus was in full control. Jesus willingly fulfilled His mission. Allow Jesus to control your life.
John 19:21-22 Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”
Marty Pressey 