Gospel Reflections #739: How do we respond to Jesus?

Isaiah 53:4 "He bore our sicknesses, he bore our pains."

Even though we believe in God, we sometimes grumble, complain, and distrust Him because our sicknesses do not heal or our pain does not go away.

God's plans and ways are beyond our human understanding.

But Jesus is a God who understands the pain and suffering of our illnesses better than we do.

When our illnesses and pains feel as if nothing has changed, Jesus has experienced and endured the hardships of those illnesses and pains with us more than we have.

We are not destroyed by them because Jesus takes them in his hands and endures them.

Jesus endured for our sake.

How do we respond to Jesus?

Jesus wants us to depend on Him, to bring all our burdens to Him, to be healed in His love, and to live new lives in joy.

We should respond to Jesus' patience with gratitude and joy and spread it.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.