I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:10
A passage about God’s compassion contains a remarkable statement: “In all their distress he too was distressed” (Isaiah 63:9). I understand the same root word describes both God’s and his people’s distress. Though God doesn’t share our feelings of helplessness or uncertainty, clearly He intends us to see a similarity between our emotional distress and his.
Knowing the truth that the second member of the Trinity suffered unmentionable torture on the cross should correct any notion that God lacks feelings. For in the very suffering of Jesus, God himself suffered.
It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who penned from his Nazi prison cell before his death, “Only the suffering God can help!”
BOTTOM LINE:
“Though my natural instincts is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him.” Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth
Truth: A Bigger View of God’s Word, Randy Alcorn, 2017, Pg 71 Harvest House.
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