The Difference

Life hands us things which are difficult, if not impossible, to understand.  The early death of a loved one is surely one of those things.  A sudden onset of an illness to someone who has spent a life time making healthy choices for living is another.  The list is endless.  Each one of us has more than our share of things which confound, perplex, and overwhelm us.  And while we may search for answers, we finally come to the place of knowing the answer is not going to be forthcoming.     

We may sometimes wonder if Jesus experienced such things in His life.  The Word does tell us that He has experienced the whole bag which contains the human experience, but He seemed to handle everything about His life differently than we handle the things which are a part of ours.  Of course, there are many, many differences in His life and ours, but the fundamental difference as far as the experiencing of humanity would be His absolute trust in the Father.    

He lived absolutely convinced that the Father was dependable, trustworthy, and ever present.  The framework of His human experience was centered on a trusting and loving relationship with the Father in Heaven.  In every ordinary and difficult situation, we see Him turning toward the Father in Heaven.  He did not seem to require answers to life's difficult and unexplained moments.  He simply chose to live facing the Father and expressing a no strings faith.   As He lived, may we also strive to live and live.