Sounds boring? Sometimes I get to thinking that it is. But here's the thing. One of my summer classes requires 6 hours a week of deep Scripture searching. When I finally sit down to start that overwhelming looking pile of homework, I'm a little grumpy. But when I get going, God blesses me with incredible times in His presence.
Today, 4 hours into my homework, I am busting at the seams with the goodness of God! He came to earth to free us, sympathize with us, give us confidence in approaching him to find mercy and grace. Who is this God? My Abba. How could I not rejoice in His goodness!
Hebrews 2:14-18
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil — 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a] fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews 4:15-16
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are —yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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