That's Not Fair!

We have all heard a child’s typical response when things do not go his or her way...

"That’s not fair!"

If we are honest with ourselves, it isn’t something we completely outgrow.

Even when we have grown up, we find out that life can sometimes prove difficult and things do not always turn out the way we would wish.

We don’t get the job we felt sure would be ours.

Somebody else gets the promotion we felt we deserved.

A loved one becomes ill and dies at an age we think is far too young.

In these and similar circumstances we find ourselves saying or at the least thinking, "God, that’s not fair!"

Yet, God has been more than fair with us.

Being incapable of saving ourselves God provided for our salvation through Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 (NET) - For this is the way God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son , so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

What did Jesus give up for our sake?

To begin with, He gave up being in the immediate presence of God, the Father.

He took on human form and as a result subjected Himself to the same human conditions we experience… cold, hunger, thirst, and fatigue to name but a few.

He subjected Himself to throngs of people many of whom just wanted something from Him.

He subjected Himself to a ministry of reaching out to those without hope. Those rejected by society who had little to offer in return.

He subjected Himself to hate.

He subjected Himself to those who plotted to kill Him.

He subjected Himself to a mockery of a trial.

He followed the Father’s will even though it meant He would be subjected to a painful and humiliating death on the cross.

Jesus subjected Himself to all these things and even more.

He subjected Himself to these things for us and because it was the Father’s will.

This resulted in a struggle between His human nature and His Divine nature.

Mark 14:36 (NET) - He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will."

Fortunately for us, His Divine nature prevailed.

In all of recorded history, there is no one more familiar with unfairness than was Jesus.

Jesus gave up so very much us and He endured so very much for us.

Yet Scripture makes it clear that He never once said…

THAT’S NOT FAIR!


Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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