How Does God Help Us in Our Suffering?  

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:6-7 

Suffering.  

Christians often deal with suffering by looking forward to the eternal state after Jesus returns, the dead are raised, the curse is lifted, and suffering is forever gone because sin is no more. We who are suffering long for the day when the suffering will end once and for all.  

On the flip side, God has never sinned and, as a result, has caused Himself no suffering. However, God chose to leave His perfect, sinless reality to enter into our sinful history and suffer for our sins.  

Perhaps you have heard so much about Jesus Christ as God becoming a man to suffer and die for you that it has somehow lost its astonishment. Consider, for a moment, that you had a wonderful life but chose to give it all up to go and let your enemies torment and harm you, eventually murdering you, even though they don’t ask for it or, in any way, deserve it. As sinners, we were God’s enemies, and He chose to freely and lovingly come into our sinful world and suffer at the hands of sinful men and women, ultimately dying to rescue us from the wrath of God we fully deserve.  

Perhaps you might suffer and die for someone you love and who loves you. However, can you even imagine suffering and dying for someone who hates you? That’s what Jesus Christ did on His rescue mission to our rebellious planet.  

In the context of Hebrews 2, the author is teaching about the unique gift that human beings receive that divine beings do not. According to the storyline of the Bible, God is the Creator of both human and divine beings (also called angels). Both human and divine beings sinned and rebelled against God. Jesus Christ came as a human being in “flesh and blood” to provide “salvation” through His “death” and deliver us from “sin,” “death,” and “the devil.” Jesus accomplished all of this, we are told, through His “propitiation for the sins of the people.”  

Take some time to worship and thank Jesus for meeting us in our suffering and delivering us from our sin.  

Tomorrow we will discuss how Jesus is our great High Priest.  

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