John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.

Every negative thing Jesus experienced, He experienced it for us.

When the soldiers placed a crown of thorns on the head of Jesus, they unknowingly redeemed us from a curse. What curse? The curse of toil. Genesis 3:17-18 says, And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Because Jesus bore and suffered these thorns for our sake, we are redeemed from this curse. No longer do we have to worry about where our next meal is coming from, because God is our provider. We no longer have to work over 60 hours a week in order to receive a promotion. We don’t have to “brown nose” our way to the top in order to be noticed. We are delivered from the curse of toil.

Just like in the Garden of Eden, God desires to be our provider without us having to overwork ourselves to receive it. Praise God for no more toil.

~Inspired by Pastor Bill Winston