Jesus Wept
Jesus Wept - John 11:35
It’s the shortest verse in the entire Bible, yet it brings forth so much meaning. It’s been going through my head again and again and again. The question is, why did Jesus weep?
Why did he weep when he was going to raise him from the dead? Why did he show that sense of weakness at that time, though able to stand tall n face the cross on Calvary?
JESUS WEPT
So simple, so straightforward… but so deep, so meaningful. This verse symbolizes so many things.
That he loves us
That he would shed a tear when we fall
That he would cry when we die in spirit
That he was also human on earth
That he was human when he made the sacrifice
That he did it all with God’s strength n not his own
That though he is king of kings, he’s personal with each and everyone of us
That our God is someone with feelings
That although He is above all power, He loves us personally… each and everyone of us
You know, no other god in this world has a record that they actually wept when they see their people in trouble. Now, I further cannot understand why idol worshippers worship something that even though is so powerful, has no feelings for their own people. I mean sure, they say they save the world, but they make it as if their duty bounded to. No feelings, it’s all part of the job. This Jesus who we worship today, with these feelings means dat he can feel like not wanting to save us.
He can actually be scared, turn down the duty, and live happily till he’s 120yrs old. Instead, he felt for us sadness that in death we will suffer. JESUS WEPT not because he will be heading to suffer at the cross, but because he saw the suffering we will go through via God’s Judgment and lost in the darkness when we die. He knows it. He sits at the right side of the Father when He gives those judgments, therefore he has been seeing this for over 2000 years.
For all that, Jesus wept.
That, and thousands more… just two simple words, shapes the very foundation of what we believe in. But the most important is…
He loves so much, that instead of just doing something temporary for us (raising from the dead), he went one step further. Instead of claiming back our sacrifices from death, he gave the ultimate sacrifice to death, so that we never have to do it for ourselves ever again.
Jesus wept…
What does this mean for us?
That we have no reason not to love Him back
That we have no reason not to do great things for Him
That we ought to feel for each other as He does for us
That we should cry as well when our beloved brethren fall
That we should cry tears of joy when he comes back
Jesus wept
Thousand things to say from these two simple words… but it leaves without breath and speechless.
