Lesson 3 Healing in Jesus
Questions 3 and 4
Seven hundred plus years before Jesus was born, Isaiah wrote about Jesus and the sufferings Jesus would endure to save us, His people. Thousands of years later, in my time of difficulty, I read the description of Jesus in verses 2-3 and related to it so much. Jesus was rejected by His own. Me too. Others were more attractive and desirable than He was (verse 2). I felt that way too. He was a man of sorrows (verse 3). I was a woman of sorrow. As I read, I felt like Jesus and I were sharing the same experience, and this made me feel closer to Him because of it. Then as I kept reading, I understood why. Jesus knew my sorrow because He had already carried it before me.
At one point, I thought that if my husband could just feel my pain, if only he could understand how his sin hurt me, then he’d stop doing it. So, I tried to make him understand. I would cry and try to explain the depth of hurt I felt.
However, this emptying of my pain on to my husband only made things worse. My efforts to make my husband feel my pain made him feel so guilty and ashamed that he would end up falling back into sin, trying to escape the pain of his failures.
Pouring out our sorrows and pain to our spouse does not bring healing to our hearts or repentance to their lives. Instead, we must come to the One who has carried our griefs and sorrows.
As Jesus climbed the hill of Calvary to His death, He was carrying your sorrow and mine. He was bearing the weight of all the sin that had been and would be committed, and all the suffering and grief that comes with it, in his heart, body, and mind. Every step was anguish. Every breath was arduous; his wounds were excruciating. So, when we come to Him and pour out our pain, He not only hears, but He also understands like no one else ever will.
In Psalm 62:8, we are encouraged to pour out our hearts to God because He is our refuge. Friend, this is so true. You can safely pour out your heart to God. He is a safe Refuge for you now and always. He carried all your pain and sorrow and grief, all the wounds and heartache you feel, all the sin and suffering of the world.
Question 4. Take a moment to pour out your heart to God. Release to Him your pain, fear, frustration, whatever you are feeling. We will unite in prayer with you.
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