For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted." ~Hebrews 2:17-18
As mentioned yesterday, there are many examples in the Bible for us to follow that God has made sure to put there. However, there is one example that will always stand out above all others. The only example who has multiple books in the Bible devoted to His story. This example is Jesus.
Now many people will push this aside saying, "Yeah, but He was God. He was perfect and had everything going for Him. I'm just a human being and will never be able to live up to what He did for other people or even go through the same trials He did with the same outcome." If we really think about it though, like some people do, Jesus wasn't just God, He was human too. It's a bit contradictory to some, and highly confusing as He was 100% both man and God, but that's how God works. He uses the unexplainable to glorify His name.
With being 100% human, Jesus had the ability to sin. It is shown in Mark 14:36 that His flesh did try to speak out, yet in this He did not sin because He continued to rely on the strength of His heavenly Father to get Him through. If there was no possibility of a sin nature even with Him being human, why would Satan even try to tempt Jesus with sin? Satan even tried using scripture against Jesus, albeit he used the scripture out of context. Yet being filled with the Gospel and being God, Jesus was able to thwart the Devil by knowing and believing the scriptures and using them against him. What makes us think that we cannot do the same thing, but, since we are obviously not God, we instead hide God's word in our heart and let the Holy Spirit work His way in our lives?
We may be facing hard times, but we have a Saviour who understands our hard times. We may feel rejected, ignored, or misunderstood by others, but we have a Saviour who was almost stoned because He spoke the truth, rebuked wrongly because He spoke the truth and the authorities didn't like it, and literally separated from God because of our sins that He took upon Himself.
We as humans have never truly been neglected by God, though sometimes it feels like He is not near. I praise God that, because of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross and the free gift of life that He gives, I will never have to face the pain. Because of the pain Jesus suffered, I have a Father who truly understands whatever trial I may go through and He will always be there to support me, as mentioned in verse 18. He knows what I need at any given moment and is there to give guidance, direction, strength, and support for where I may fall short.
What kind of a relationship do you have with the Father? Do you believe He is faithful to His creation, or do you believe that He is too perfect to understand the pain we have?
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