Thursday, March 29, 2012

Troubled

"Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me. I am troubled now. Yet what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour?' But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour. " - John 12:25-27

Again, we see how incredibly human Jesus was. So much so that he comes right out and says he's troubled. But he challenges himself as well. He knows that, being the Son of God, all he has to do is ask for help and it will be given to him. But he knows his role, and he knows what he has to do to fulfill that role here on earth.

It's not going to be easy. And he knows it. But he's doing it anyway - for us - despite the temptation to ask for help and fade away. This is what makes him more than just a man - and what makes him our Messiah.


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