Hebrews 2:14-18
Yesterday I briefly talked about the comfort we receive from someone who is willing to go before us in doing something we're not comfortable doing. I used the example of high school students asking their friends to ask someone they like if they like them, or if they would go out with them. I mentioned how most times the use of a mediator isn't necessary because we eventually find out for ourselves that everything turned out to be fine.
What does matter is that we had a friend who was willing to go first, and what matters more is that in most cases the person we chose to be our spokesperson is someone we know went through the same rejections we fear; someone who fully understands the emotional and physical discomforts we might be going through. Such is the message our passage from Hebrews gives us today.
Somehow, the knowledge that the person whom we choose to represent us has been through what we went through brings us comfort. We feel better learning from a teacher who is educated specifically in the subject that they teach. We enjoy learning how to cook from a well-respected chef. We like being shown how to lose weight and get healthy by people who are physically fit. We somehow understand that if the person representing us has been through what we've been through and succeeded, then there's hope for us.
God came to us in the person of Jesus Christ to live as we do and to fully understand the pains, suffering, joy and happiness we go through in our lives. Jesus shared in the celebrations as much as he shared in the tribulations of life. He did this in order for us to have someone to put our hope in because we all know, truly know, that there is nobody we trust our hearts more to than the best friend we ask to represent us in matters we think will bring us pain.
The love of God as shown to us through the life of Jesus Christ is my chosen path. What is yours?
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