Jesus knows what you are going through.

In John 1 we see that Jesus was with God at the very beginning.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it."

"The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory as the One and Only Son from the Father full of grace and truth. (John testified concerning Him and exclaimed, "This was the One of whom I said, The One coming after me has surpassed me, because He existed before me.") Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness, for although the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The One and Only Son the One who is at the Father's side has revealed Him."

John 1:1-5, 14-18

Because Jesus is in fact God means that He was there in Creation. He created everything. He created us, and because He created us, He knows all of us individually. That is encouraging isn't it. We serve a God that takes time to create us, to know us on a personal level, and loves us so much.


We also need to keep in mind that Jesus was tempted. We can see this in both the Gospel of Matthew and Luke. Jesus was in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. He fasted during this time. So He was really hungry. Satan came to Him and told Him to turn some rocks into bread. In Matthew's account Jesus' reply was "Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God". Then Satan told Jesus to cast Himself down from the pinnacle of the temple. Then Jesus said "Do not test the Lord your God." Satan, in a desperate effort to make Jesus sin, tries again. Satan says "I will give You all of the Kingdoms of the world if You will fall down and worship me." Jesus then told Satan, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him."

We can learn how to respond to temptations from Satan through these passages. After every single temptation, Jesus always responded with scripture. We serve a God who not only created us, not only loves us, not only protects us, but loves us so much that He shows us how to defeated Satan and his temptations.

The thing I love most of all about Jesus is that He knew what was going to happen to Him, and He did it anyway, just for us. Jesus knew that people wouldn't understand what was happening. Jesus knew that the Pharisees and the Sadducees were going to question time and time again. Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray Him. He knew that Peter was going to deny Him three times. He knew that all of the disciples were going to run and flee when He was arrested. He knew that He was going to be mocked. He knew that He was going to be beaten until He barely recognizable as a man. Jesus knew that the very people who a week earlier were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!", are now shouting Crucify Him, Crucify Him! Jesus knew that the very people He came to save, and love would choose to free a murderer than Himself. Jesus knew the pain that He was going to go through on the Cross. He knew that the Father was going to be forced to look away from His Son. Jesus knew all of this was going to happen, and He still did it. If this is not love, so me what love is.

Jesus also knew that it was only Friday, but Sunday was coming.

Jesus knows what it feels like to be alone. Jesus knows what it feels like to be tempted. Jesus knows what it is like to be betrayed. Whatever you are going through today, this week, this year, just know that Jesus understands what you are going through, because He has been through it.

Bro. Michael