Our Savior Understands
Because Jesus Christ is a man, He feels what we feel. Because He is God, He can do something about it. (Tony Evans)
Jesus Gets Us
We can never say, “Jesus, you don’t understand.” Because He does. He dealt with wood splinters, aching feet, cold, hunger, and sunburn. Probably hit his thumb with a hammer a time or two. What carpenter in training hasn’t? Our Savior also grieved when His earthly father died. For a time, He shared our identity.
During His ministry Jesus experienced rejection, bigotry, slander and violent hatred. The twelve apostles, whom He loved, betrayed or abandoned Him. Jesus knew it was going to happen, but watching His closest friends run away still hurt Him.
He also endured the excruciating pain of dying on the cross.
We have a God who understands us and not only because He’s all knowing. But because our Savior walked among us as a human being. The Message Bible puts it this way;
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood… (John 1:14 MSG)
During Jesus’ earthly life, God’s compassion for us didn’t increase. Instead, it just became more visible.
My Spiritual Point
I’m not telling you anything new. The Bible calls us sheep and says we’re part of Jesus’ flock. But one day our shepherd chose to become a sheep, like us, and changed our eternal destiny.
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