It is in that vein that perhaps even Jesus, fully God, identifies with yearning for something even He can never have fellowship with His sons and daughters who have rejected relationship with Him, and have therefore aligned themselves with their sins, the same sins condemned with Jesus in His crucifixion until His resurrection. There might even be the deferred hope for eternity while separated from those who rejected Him that may leave a portion of the heart of Jesus forever sick. There may also be deferred hope in the human-like spirit of Jesus today in anticipation of the time of perfection when we will all join Him in glory. There is the crucifixion that lead to the severing of fellowship with the Father and there was three days of who knows what that likely included condemnation for my sin and yours. There was the garden experience when Jesus was tempted understandably by human desire to change the plan He was originally a part of from the foundation of creation that required Him to be sacrificed in response to my free will to choose against the will of God. Can you think of events in the Gospels when even Jesus experienced sickness of heart because of deferred hope? Hebrews 4:14-16 tells us that Jesus is uniquely qualified as our advocate before the Father since He during His time in the flesh experienced everything common to the human experience-physically, emotionally, and even spiritually. “Do we reach for nothing in life because our reaching opens us up to tragedy? Because of its vulnerable nature, desire begins to feel like our worst enemy… Hope rouses the desire from its slumber and makes us even more vulnerable to disappointment.” - John Eldredge, The Journey of Desire What is it in your life that seems to be out of reach that tends to make your heart a little, or a lot, sick when you really think about it? Is it the everything-you-want-for-your-family kind of thing that you cannot quite grasp? Is it the life that you want for your children that you cannot seem to get them fully on board with? Is it professional success, or financial freedom? Or, is perhaps the work of becoming and feeling more healthy that can be overwhelming? “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” -William Shakespeare We who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us… This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.
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