Daily Devotion, May 9, 2020

Devotion:

Read Hebrews 2:14-18.

  It makes all the difference when you have been there. When a person is going through some difficulty or crisis in their life and others try to help them through that situation, it is so much more meaningful when they encounter someone who has been through something similar, if not the same thing they are going through. When my wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, I did all I could to support her and be there with her through the whole experience. Many other people did likewise. But she had a special connection with those who had been through having that diagnosis; those who had been through cancer treatments; those who had dealt with all that comes with that battle.

  The writer of Hebrews reminds his readers both in the first century and since then that Jesus Christ can help those who suffer in this life because he himself has been through struggling. He became one of us and came to live among us. He is not some “far-off” distant God who has no idea what it is like to live in this broken world. He experienced what you go through, so you can talk to him about anything and be assured that he understands. He has been there. And that makes all the difference in the world.

Personal Worship Option:

Joseph Scriven wrote the words to the hymn “What A Friend We Have In Jesus.” Here is part of one of the verses: “Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer.”