If anybody knows mental anguish, it’s Jesus....

 



 

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If anybody knows mental anguish, it’s Jesus....

The Bible says that while Jesus was praying for his disciples, before His arrest, he was suffering from anguish. He knew what was ahead of Him (the cross) but being in human form, He still experienced all the human emotions.

Luke 22:44 “And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”

I would encourage you to also read Hebrews 5:7-10.

Angels had to come and strengthen Him! So, if Jesus needed strength to endure, we need strength to endure what we go through! Newsflash, read all about it! Jesus endured, overcame hell, hold the keys to death & Hades, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father! Guess what He is doing right now? He is interceding on our behalf because He is our high priest!

May is Mental Health Awareness month and I have been reflecting on what to post. Each time I convince myself to write about something else, it never seems right. So, I kept coming back to the mental anguish that Jesus suffered. Most of us, in some capacity, have experienced mental anguish in our lives. The Merriam-Webster definition for anguish is this: extreme pain, distress, or anxiety. I can think of multiple calamities that we all have experienced, with the most recent being the pandemic. We can agree that it was a world-wide calamity which has residual effects 3 years later. I cannot even fathom the mental anguish most people went through because of the pandemic let alone all the other problems that arose from it.

Recently, I’ve been grieving the passing of my best friend...but that was 2 years ago! I’ve just been like, “God why am I experiencing it?”  Sometimes, grief and its associated factors are hard to put into words, but you feel it and you can even see it in someone’s face. Thank God for my family& friends that check on me, listen to me, encourage me, and pray for me. I know that Jesus cares for me in my grief state because I will start seeing butterflies, a great reminder of my friend! Did you know that Jesus experienced grief? After the death of Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead a brief time later, the Bible says, “he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled” (John 11:33 NIV) when he saw Mary and other people weeping over his death. The NLT version states, “a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled”. After asking to see where they had placed him, “Jesus wept”. He was filled with emotion, the same emotions we experience today.

We learn in Hebrews 12 that Jesus endured the cross with joy knowing what the outcome would be. Jesus faced the cross so He can not only give us eternal life, free us from the grasp of the evil one, but to make intercession for us. He “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” It may not seem like that right now, your situation might seem bleak in the natural and you may be wondering, when will it end? But I want to remind you of Jesus the one that faced it all to let you know that “I AM that I AM. I will be what I will be.” That means Jesus can be WHAT you need Him to be in your life situation right now. What are you struggling with? Seek Jesus.

 

“I pray for your healing
That circumstances will change
I pray that the fear inside will flee in Jesus name
I pray that a breakthrough
Would happen today
I pray miracles over your life in Jesus name
I pray for revival
For restoration of faith
I pray that the dead will come alive in Jesus name
In Jesus name”

-Katy Nichole, taken from “In Jesus Name (God of Possible) https://youtu.be/ihrUIPfvTh8

 

“I just wanna speak the name of Jesus 'Til every dark addiction starts to break Declaring there is hope and there is freedom I speak Jesus”

“I just wanna speak the name of Jesus Over fear and all anxiety To every soul held captive by depression I speak Jesus”            

-Charity Gayle, taken from “I Speak Jesus”

https://youtu.be/PcmqSfr1ENY


Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 31, 2023 at 1:39 PM

    This encouragement is needed in this season. I've been studying the Books of John and Hebrews recently, and being reminded to cling to the One who sees my faith.

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