Even his enemies were seeking him out!
If you knew you were going to be hunted down, persecuted, and put to death, you'd run, right? Especially if you knew you were innocent and you knew you would be convicted anyway. There's no way you'd stick around, right? And if you had the power to escape, and didn't need to fear anyone or anything? Why would you stay?
It never ceases to amaze me -- this is the moment of choice, when Jesus commits to seeing the plan through. He could have left Jerusalem and never seen the Pharisees again, but he chose to stay, simply because of how much he loves you.
May that never cease to amaze you, and in the very darkest of days, in your most despairing moments, remember that even if the entire world has turned against you, Jesus loved you enough to stay.
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