Sticky Message
He Knows
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
~John 1:14
When we're going through a tough time, we all long to believe that there is someone, anyone, who knows what it is like --- someone who knows what we are going through and can understand what we are feeling. And when we find a connection with that certain someone who does seem to know what it is like, doesn't it seem to change everything?Some two thousand years ago, God did something revolutionary. Rather than offering just a voice of concern to a weary world, our God did something beyond what anyone could have ever dreamed or imagined... He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, the Word, the Voice, to come and live among us... to share in our human frailties and to offer us hope and everlasting life.
In the incarnation, we celebrate the reality that our God knows and cares enough about us that He chose to dwell among us in a very physical and present sense. The unseen God of Israelite history was now the seen God. The invisible was made visible. Jesus was putting God on display.
Also in the incarnation, we find a very large message from our Father in heaven; and that message simply states, I KNOW.
I know what you're going through.
I know what it is like.
I know how you are feeling.
I know.
So, wherever you find yourself this day, no matter what circumstances you may find yourself in, know that there is a God who knows. Are you feeling alone? He knows. Feeling overwhelmed? He knows. Feeling as if you just cannot go on? He knows. Feeling like there is no one who understands? He knows.... because He's been there too. We are not alone because our God has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Heb 13:5).
Be encouraged. He knows. He knows. He knows.
