Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. Hebrews 5:8
We tend to live so very upside down. For starters we love chocolate cake and despise peas. That is the basic mis-standard of all of life right there. The spirit-life that we each possess has peas written all over it...known as suffering.
The cross is our most meaningful presentation. Supposedly that is our calling just as long as it is cushioned as well as convenient. But everyone knows that the cross of Christ is brutal, damaging, and absolutely rugged. And yet the ones we carry are supposed to be....different?
Scan Isaiah 53 for a bit. Look over the report of torturous suffering at the hands of enemies of Jesus. And we proclaim with solid affirmation that we are all about following him?
Yes. We are. And in doing so we must, must prepare for the intensity of distress and heartbreak of being a Christian. Mood-swings won't cut it. Dodging hard times won't either. With all of the new and more modern ways to worship God, one significant matter will never change. We are to struggle via insult and injury to the extent that it is our thing....because it was His.
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. Hebrews 5:8
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