Jesus knows how you feel!

"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are , yet without sin."  V15
                                                                    Hebrews 4:14-16   NKJV

Let's break this down into three parts:

JESUS HAS BEEN THERE
There is nothing worse than someone who hasn't been there but tries to tell you that they have. The frustrating thing that many say is, 'I know how you feel,' when they don't have any idea how you feel. To hear this is a recipe for anguish and in some cases, anger.
The great thing is that, Jesus would answer you, 'I know how you feel,' because He does; He knows; He's been there.

HOLD FAST YOUR CONFESSION
There is no place for people who have a YoYo type of faith; one minute flying high and the next, down in the doldrums. There needs to be a balance where things may knock us but, we remain constant. There Is also no room for the Thomas kind of faith, 'Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails  and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.' (John 20:25). This type of faith and confession will never work. 
No matter what, we need to keep confessing Jesus. Hebrews 12:3 says, 'Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.'
Consider what He has done for you. Consider how He changed your life. Consider how He kept your marriage together. Consider how He saved your life. When you were ill and He healed you. You were lost and He found you. Lonely and He gave you someone to love and love you. Consider all these things, together with the home He gave you; your children and your livelihood. Consider Him.

JESUS KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE TEMPTED
He sympathises with your weaknesses because He was in all points tempted and yet He never fell to it. Have you ever considered just how much Jesus was tempted? Todays's text tells us that He was in all points tempted as we are. This means, in every way you could imagine. He had to be in order to conquer sin on the cross. He needed to know what temptation felt like so that He could deal with it. Just think, everything that you have been tempted to do, Jesus was tempted the same way. He knows what the feeling is like - how difficult it can be. Yet, He never gave in to it - He never sinned and that is the difference. 
Therefore, He sympathises with us; He has the empathy for what we suffer.. So, we have His permission to come boldly to Him - the Throne of Grace and receive help and mercy. 
Whenever you feel the temptation to become involved in something that you know is wrong, that is the time to shout to Him, and He will be there. He tells us that we may boldly approach His Throne to receive His help. That's a promise and we need to take it on board.
Whatever you may have done, He understands and will help and forgive you in your time of need. (Taken from Hebrews 4:16).

Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard
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