I have been hung up on this passage from Matthew’s gospel:

“This is how it finally happened.” Matthew 26:1

Matthew obviously believes that his readers have tracked with him up to this conclusive moment. But many of us have not. What is about to “finally” happen? What has been anticipated, longed for, sought out, etc? Those are very important questions to answer if we are to understand Matthew’s gospel. What does Matthew want to happen?

What do you want to happen in your life? What are you longing for? If someone was to write your story, what would come next after they said, “This is how it finally happened...”

Personally, one of my answers would be that American returns to its Christian roots in full force. I will rejoice to write in this history books about how this finally happened.