September 1, 2003 Monday
Perfectly Acquainted

"it became him...to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." - Hebrews 2:10

Before the cross, God chose a man to stand as our High Priest...at the cross, God chose His own Son. Before the cross, our High Priest offered sacrifices on our behalf...at the cross, He offered Himself. "We have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God". (Hebrews 4:14) It's difficult to stand in behalf of another person whose circumstances you are unable to become acquainted with, but that is exactly what the High Priest must do. Most of us have found crossroads in our life where we have felt that nobody could possibly comprehend, not even God, but we fail to acknowledge the fact that our High Priest, Jesus Christ, became perfectly acquainted with it all. In fact, when you and I suffer, He suffers...when you and I are persecuted, He is persecuted...your trials have now become His. This truth forces us to answer a simple question, "Will we endure with the perspective that Christ maintained?" Hebrews 5:8 says, "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered". Do you sincerely desire to become obedient unto Him? Have you realized that the greatest avenue of learning obedience is at your personal crossroad? Through His sufferings, Christ became perfectly acquainted with you...through your sufferings, will you now become perfectly acquainted with Him?