Have you ever faced a day where you just thought, this is not going to be easy, but if I get through it, the reward will be worth it. Perhaps it’s an exam, you’ve been building up to for weeks, months, years even. When you wake up that morning there’s a knot in your stomach, today’s the day, I’ve gotta make it through. What about if you woke up one morning knowing you were about to face the hardest most painful day of your life? You’d checked to see if you could get out of it, do things another way, but you couldn’t. This was the only way. Agonising pain and humiliation awaited, but you were ready and knew that the reward at the end for you, and everyone you loved would be worth it. On Good Friday, Jesus faced a day just like this.