Have you ever been going through something in your life and cried out to God? Wondering why He doesn't seem to answer, and wondering if He can understand? How could God, who created the earth, the universe, understand what one mere human, even His child whom He loves, is going through? It doesn't seem possible does it? But it is.
Jesus Christ came in human form, the bible says that he experienced every temptation that is common to man. Everything we've been through Christ has been there with us. When I was ten my granddad passed away and although I don't remember a lot about him or his funeral I remember the poem that was read at his funeral. It's one that I've fallen back on a lot in my life.
It's called "Footprints in The Sand" by Mary Stevenson and if you've never read it I encourage you to look it up. Here's the gist of it though.
It talks about walking on the beach with the Lord as scenes from the author's life flash before her and for each scene there's a set of footprints in the sand but she notices that during the lowest times of her life there's only one set of footprints and she begins to wonder why when she needed Him most the Lord would abandon her. So she asks Him and the Lord tells her, when you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you.
How many times have you been going through something and wondered why God wasn't with you? How many times have you felt alone? But He hadn't abandoned you my friend, He was carrying you and He still is, walking beside you, holding your hand and carrying you when you are too weak to walk on your own.
Now to bring this back full circle I've wondered at times in my life how Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is God, could ever feel distant from God. How could he understand that feeling of isolation that I struggle with when my life gets too difficult?
If there's anyone who would understand this it's Jesus. The man who gave up all of heaven's glory to come live the life of a servant, he was mocked by his family, despised by the religious leaders of his day, dismissed by his hometown, betrayed by his best friend, abandoned by another best friend, Peter, who swore he would never reject him, and was doubted by those who had followed him faithfully for years. Yet he still chose death on the cross, separation from God as he took on the sin of the world, so that we could be free and we could live in eternity with our Creator and our Savior.
Don't doubt that Jesus understands what you're going through my friend, wonder if you can understand what He went through for you.
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