He Gets It...

HE GETS IT…It continues to plague our thoughts…‘How can the Lord who lives in heaven possibly understand our lives here on earth?…and especially in the 21st century? Many of us know He loves us…we know He has God-like understanding…we know He see’s our lives…but we still go it alone way too much because we’re not convinced He ‘feels’ our situation. The truth is Jesus went to great lengths to feel what its like be human! He learned what it is like to be tired…to be confused…to feel weak…to be abused…to bleed…to get a sliver …to be frustrated…to be enticed by evil…all the common challenges that come with humanity.
“We know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the
descendants of Abraham. Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in
every respect like us, his brothers and sisters…Since he himself has gone
through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested!”
~Hebrews 2:16-18
Have you ever thought about why did Jesus went to such lengths as to actually step into the complete human experience? I’m quite sure a different salvation plan could have been enacted. I’m not convinced this was the only way…it was just the way He chose to do it. Why? I think this verse explains it well. He wanted to help us as much as He could. Christ wasn’t interested in just finding a better way for us to return to the Fathers embrace…He also wanted to strengthen us every step of the way…personally! He wanted to feel ‘all things human’…so we’d trust Him when He offered us ‘all things Godly’! He wanted to start His conversations with us with the words, “I’ve been there”…so he’d earn the right to then say, “so follow me out of this struggle”. He gets it! He put Himself in the place to ‘get’ what it feels like to be human. The question is, do you believe that He ‘gets’ what it feels like to be you? ~Verlon