God's Emotions
God cares about what we feel. Whether it is opposition we face, or if we are misunderstood, our loss, our pain...the Father cares so much about these things that He records them forever:
Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
When Jesus' friend Lazarus died, Jesus knew He was going to go and raise him back from the dead. He knew that the people there would see the power of God in a way the earth hadn't seen since Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. He knew Lazarus was not only going to be ok, but he would have an experience that would take him to a new level of understanding of who God is.
Even though Jesus knew all these things and could see the glorious conclusion of the story, the Bible says the most amazing thing about how He felt when He saw the sorrow of His friends, Martha and Mary:
John 11: 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. 34 "Where have you put him?" he asked them. They told him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Then Jesus wept.
Jesus got righteously angry, and then wept at his friends loss and sorrow. He took it personally! Even though He knew He would raise Lazarus in the next moment, the sorrow of His friends broke His own heart and their loss made Him angry.
Whether you realize it or not, God loves you fiercely. When you are His and you suffer sorrow, or loss, or pain, or opposition, or even misunderstanding, He takes it personally. He has a plan that is completely for your good. In His sovereign wisdom, and because of His commitment to our freedom, some things are allowed to touch us that result in loss and pain, but don't think for a minute He isn't completely in the loss with you. He sees the glorious end of my story and your story but He cares deeply about even the temporary struggle and loss we feel!
He is so good, so kind, so real, and so close...I just had to testify!
Psalm 56:8 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
When Jesus' friend Lazarus died, Jesus knew He was going to go and raise him back from the dead. He knew that the people there would see the power of God in a way the earth hadn't seen since Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. He knew Lazarus was not only going to be ok, but he would have an experience that would take him to a new level of understanding of who God is.
Even though Jesus knew all these things and could see the glorious conclusion of the story, the Bible says the most amazing thing about how He felt when He saw the sorrow of His friends, Martha and Mary:
John 11: 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. 34 "Where have you put him?" he asked them. They told him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Then Jesus wept.
Jesus got righteously angry, and then wept at his friends loss and sorrow. He took it personally! Even though He knew He would raise Lazarus in the next moment, the sorrow of His friends broke His own heart and their loss made Him angry.
Whether you realize it or not, God loves you fiercely. When you are His and you suffer sorrow, or loss, or pain, or opposition, or even misunderstanding, He takes it personally. He has a plan that is completely for your good. In His sovereign wisdom, and because of His commitment to our freedom, some things are allowed to touch us that result in loss and pain, but don't think for a minute He isn't completely in the loss with you. He sees the glorious end of my story and your story but He cares deeply about even the temporary struggle and loss we feel!
He is so good, so kind, so real, and so close...I just had to testify!
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