Teens in Chronic Pain

“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.” - Hebrews 4:15 (NLT)

God has been there. He knows what it is like to live on this Earth in human form. What it’s like to face temptations. What it’s like to face pain both emotional and physical. He suffered through the worst form of execution - crucifixion. Yet unlike us, he did not sin. He remained perfect. So when I pray, I know that I am praying to a God who understands because he’s been through more than I will likely ever have to go through.

Every page of the Gospels hammers home this crucial principle: God knows how you feel. From the funeral to the factory to the frustration of a demanding schedule. Jesus understands. When you tell God that you’ve reached your limit, he knows what you mean. When you shake your head at impossible deadlines, he shakes his, too. When your plans are interrupted by people who have other plans, he nods in empathy. He has been there. He knows how you feel.”
- Max Lucado / In the Eye of the Storm / p. 34-35

In his last year on Earth, Jesus was…

What gets to me the most is a passage from Matthew 26:36-39,

Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over to pray.” He took peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” He went on a little further and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

If that doesn’t sound like someone hurting emotionally and scared of the impending suffering, I don’t know what is. In fact Christ was in such emotional agony, he actually started sweating blood.

For more detail of the physical pain Christ faced, check out this article written by a physician.

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