Imagine having
the opportunity to meet someone you have overwhelming admiration and respect
for, but who also intimidates you greatly (for all the right reasons) – they
are extremely intelligent, brilliant, amazing. Imagine that you know you will
look (and feel) like an idiot if you approach them directly. They know you are
a complete loser and if you just walk up to this person, you’ll be deeply
embarrassed and ashamed.
Now…stretch your
imagination to the ultimate encounter: with God. Gulp.
BUT…you have
someone along with you to speak on your behalf, introduce you and ‘cover’ for
you so you don’t look so bad. This liaison knows you intimately, knows all your
failings and exactly why you are a failure. But somehow he thinks you’re great
anyways. He can ‘empathize with [your] weaknesses’ and is ‘able to deal gently’
with you, even though you are ‘ignorant and are going astray’. He’s close to
God – his son, in fact – and therefore, perhaps you should be just as
intimidated by him. And yet, he’s approachable, and approaches you.
And so you can
approach God with confidence, so that you ‘may receive mercy and find grace’.
Dans notre vie
quotidienne, nous nous sentons parfois tellement petits, tellement inférieurs
par rapport à certaines personnes, celles que nous admirons en particulier.
Imaginez maintenant ce que l'on ressent en présence de Dieu lui-même! Il y a
cependant une différence de taille. Jésus, le fils de Dieu lui-même, nous
comprend et intercède pour nous!
~ Kendrah
Jespersen
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