jesus understands | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/jesus-understands/ Christian Devotionals, Prayer and Biblical Encouragement Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:20:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-tag-logo-ico-1-2-32x32.jpg jesus understands | Thoughts About God https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/tag/jesus-understands/ 32 32 He’s Been There https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/ml_been-there/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:03:18 +0000 http://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/2008/04/20/ml_been-there/ ". . shall not perish but have eternal life . . " John 3:16 hy seek Jesus’s help with your challenges? Because he’s been there.

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“. . shall not perish but have eternal life . . ” John 3:16

On a trip to China, I rode past Tiananmen Square in a bus full of Westerners. We tried to recollect the causes and consequences of the revolt. Our knowledge of history was embarrassing. One gave one date; another gave a different one. One person remembered a certain death toll; someone else disagreed. All this time our translator remained silent.

Finally one of us asked her, ‘Do you remember anything about the Tiananmen Square revolt?’

Her answer was solemn. “Yes, I was a part of it.”
We quickly grew quiet as she gave firsthand recollections of the bloodshed and oppression. We listened, because she’d been there.
We who follow Christ do so for the same reason. He’s been there . . .
He’s been to Bethlehem, wearing barn rags and hearing sheep crunch. Suckling milk and shivering against the cold. All of divinity content to cocoon itself in an eight-pound body and to sleep on a cow’s supper. Millions who face the chill of empty pockets or the fears of sudden change turn to Christ.
Why?
Because he’s been there.
He’s been to Nazareth, where he made deadlines and paid bills; to Galilee, where he recruited direct reports and separated fighters; to Jerusalem, where he stared down critics and stood up against cynics.
We have our Nazareths as well—demands and due dates. Jesus wasn’t the last to build a team; accusers didn’t disappear with Jerusalem’s temple. Why seek Jesus’s help with your challenges? Because he’s been there. To Nazareth, to Galilee, to Jerusalem.
But most of all, he’s been to the grave. Not as a visitor, but as a corpse. Buried amidst the cadavers. Numbered among the dead. Heart silent and lungs vacant. Body wrapped and grave sealed. The cemetery. He’s been buried there.
You haven’t yet. But you will be. And since you will, don’t you need someone who knows the way out?
by Max Lucado
Used by permission:
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2007)

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]]> Jesus Understands https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/max-lucado_jesus-understands/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 08:03:09 +0000 https://thoughtsaboutgod.com/blog/?p=75467 But Jesus, who also was once alone—UNDERSTANDS our loneliness. I imagine Him listening.  I picture His eyes misting and a pierced hand brushing away a tear.  He understands!

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Who will love me? 

I feel so old.  Unloved.  Unwanted.  Abandoned. 

I  just want to cry and sleep forever…  

It’s a cry.  Can you hear it?

The divorced.  The abandoned child.  A one-night stand.  A silent phone.  Cries of loneliness.

The most gut-wrenching cry of loneliness in history didn’t come from a widow or a patient.  It came from a hill, from a cross, from a Messiah.

“My God, my God,” Jesus screamed.  “Why did you abandon me?” (Matthew 27:46).

I think of all the people who cast despairing eyes toward the dark heavens and cry, “Why?”  And I imagine Him listening.  I picture His eyes misting and a pierced hand brushing away a tear.  He may offer no answer, he may solve no dilemma.

But he who also was once alone—understands!

By Max Lucado
Used by Permission
From:  No Wonder They Call Him Savior: Experiencing the Truth of the Cross



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