I had an emotional roller coaster of a day yesterday. Fear was knocking at my front door. I was worried about my financial future.

Unfortunately I revealed my fear to an acquaintance who didn’t think my fear was warranted.

The conversation with this man via text messages was confusing to me.  He couldn’t understand my fear and in the process of our conversation my fear deepened.

I was trying to understand exactly why God had even allowed this man to contact me when I got a phone call.

It was from a woman that I had met at a networking event. We were supposed to have coffee in the afternoon and talk about the different businesses that we were involved in.

Kerri had been a single mother for ten years.

She understood my fear. She sent me a link to an encouraging sermon via text message and prayed over me.

Even though I cancelled the coffee date in the afternoon because I thought it would be a waste of time for her, she still showed me the love of Christ.

She had walked the path that I have walked as a single mother.

She knew my fear.

But does God know my fear?

When Jesus came down to earth He came as a man. He had the Spirit of God within Him but yet He was human.

He was tempted just as we are, maybe more so; I have yet to go without food for forty days and then have the devil offer me a loaf of bread.

The destination of Christ was crucifixion but with every step to the cross He was human.

He overcame the world but He did not overcome it without being a part of it.

He understands us, just as my friend, Kerri, understood me yesterday.

The love of God astounds me.

He could have sent His son down to earth as a King.

That is what the Jews were looking for. They wanted a King to deliver them.

If Christ had been a King, would He be able to understand us?

A King would not have understood the fear that I felt yesterday.

I know that Christ understood because He walked the same path that I am walking.

He doesn’t sit in his high heaven looking down with condemnation on me for my sins.

He looks at me through the brilliant prism of understanding and compassion.

Through understanding comes forgiveness which may be the consummate reason why God became man through His son, Jesus Christ.

Reposted from www.spotublog.com – Original post published on 02/01/2014