Jesus Wept.” John 11:35
Feelings and emotions are a part of every moment of the day. Sometimes the emotions in our homes are good and feel positive and at other times the emotions are not so good and feel like anything but positive. At times, when we are having a rough day, we might feel as if God just doesn’t understand what we are going through. We may ask, “Why God? Do you have any idea how hard this is?”
Our verse today is just one of the many verses in God’s Word that reminds us that God does understand. He knows first-hand exactly what it is like to feel many different emotions. Surrounding this verse is the story of Jesus talking with Martha and Mary after the death of their bother Lazarus. Jesus was friends with Lazarus and when he saw the sadness and mourning, He was moved to tears. Jesus felt sorrow and sadness over the loss of a friend.
Here we are reminded that Jesus, along with being true God, is also truly human. God sent His Son here as a human to “walk in our shoes”, to know what it feels like. We can see other times in Scripture where, in Jesus, God feels the same emotions that we do. He showed anger when He saw the people making the temple like a market place. When Jesus celebrated at the wedding feast of Cana, He surely felt joy and happiness. When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemene, feeling the weight of the sins of the whole world bearing down on Him, the stress He felt was so great that He sweat drops of blood. When Jesus was beaten, mocked, and persecuted to earn our salvation, He felt pain.
God does know what we are feeling. He has experienced the same joy, sadness, stress, pain, and anger that we feel as we go through life. Not only does God know how we feel, He carries us through. Jesus came to earth as God and man. He felt the same emotions that we feel every day. He experienced the path that we follow in our earthly lives. He came to suffer and die to take the punishment for our sins. Through faith in Jesus, our beautiful Savior, we will one day begin our eternity with Him in heaven, where we will no longer feel pain, stress, sadness, or grief.
What a wonderful comfort it is to know just how well God really does know everything that we go through in this earthly life. What a wonderful comfort it is to us as parents that we can share with our children and help them to know just how much God knows and understands them and all of their feelings. God does know how we feel!
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for sending Your Son, Jesus, to walk this earth and feel the same emotions that we feel as He journeyed His life here on earth with the purpose of winning salvation for us. Lord, help us to remember to come to You with all of our joy and sorrow knowing that You understand. Help us to teach our children to come to You and share their feelings, knowing that You are always there. Amen.
Feelings and emotions are a part of every moment of the day. Sometimes the emotions in our homes are good and feel positive and at other times the emotions are not so good and feel like anything but positive. At times, when we are having a rough day, we might feel as if God just doesn’t understand what we are going through. We may ask, “Why God? Do you have any idea how hard this is?”
Our verse today is just one of the many verses in God’s Word that reminds us that God does understand. He knows first-hand exactly what it is like to feel many different emotions. Surrounding this verse is the story of Jesus talking with Martha and Mary after the death of their bother Lazarus. Jesus was friends with Lazarus and when he saw the sadness and mourning, He was moved to tears. Jesus felt sorrow and sadness over the loss of a friend.
Here we are reminded that Jesus, along with being true God, is also truly human. God sent His Son here as a human to “walk in our shoes”, to know what it feels like. We can see other times in Scripture where, in Jesus, God feels the same emotions that we do. He showed anger when He saw the people making the temple like a market place. When Jesus celebrated at the wedding feast of Cana, He surely felt joy and happiness. When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemene, feeling the weight of the sins of the whole world bearing down on Him, the stress He felt was so great that He sweat drops of blood. When Jesus was beaten, mocked, and persecuted to earn our salvation, He felt pain.
God does know what we are feeling. He has experienced the same joy, sadness, stress, pain, and anger that we feel as we go through life. Not only does God know how we feel, He carries us through. Jesus came to earth as God and man. He felt the same emotions that we feel every day. He experienced the path that we follow in our earthly lives. He came to suffer and die to take the punishment for our sins. Through faith in Jesus, our beautiful Savior, we will one day begin our eternity with Him in heaven, where we will no longer feel pain, stress, sadness, or grief.
What a wonderful comfort it is to know just how well God really does know everything that we go through in this earthly life. What a wonderful comfort it is to us as parents that we can share with our children and help them to know just how much God knows and understands them and all of their feelings. God does know how we feel!
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for sending Your Son, Jesus, to walk this earth and feel the same emotions that we feel as He journeyed His life here on earth with the purpose of winning salvation for us. Lord, help us to remember to come to You with all of our joy and sorrow knowing that You understand. Help us to teach our children to come to You and share their feelings, knowing that You are always there. Amen.
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