A Very Certain Call

Jesus’ cry was about suffering the world’s penalty due to sin, but it was signifying more than just that. When Christ called out to God in this manner, clearly He was consciously quoting this part of Psalm 22 as an illustration of the fact that He was fulfilling all of this Old Testament prophecy. This wasn’t an uncertain cry but a very certain call. It was the voice of the eternal victor who proclaimed the eternal victory of the Messiah to His people who were the victims of their own sin.

Every person who has ever been born has felt alone and forsaken and wonders if God is real and if He cares, even Christians go through these sorts of things. But only Christians, those born again to a living hope can also cry, “it is finished” (John 19:30), and thereby know that God will never leave nor forsake them, on account of Christ. When you do that it is not an uncertain cry but a very certain call.