Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow? – Lamentations 1:12
Legend has it, Macedonian soldiers trained by marching. Stunningly they would march seemingly past the point of human endurance, yet exhaustion and hunger, thirst and cold would not stop them… WHY? The answer is simple, their King, Alexander was known to march WITH them. He was just as hungry and tired and cold as they were, but he walked on. His fortitude was their strength.
How confusing Christianity might appear at this time of the year. At Christmas, Christians celebrate the happy birth of their Savior singing “Oh tidings of comfort and joy” yet they regularly refer to him as a “man of sorrows, despised and rejected.” WHY would anyone celebrate the birth of a child that would be called the “man of sorrows?”
Macedonian soldiers, with the king marching along beside them established the largest empire their time would know. Every follower of Christ understands that kind of Kingly companionship. Jesus knew sorrow and felt the struggle of living a life pleasing to God in a broken world. He personally experienced the betrayal of close friends and the rejection of the elite crowd. Jesus relates to you because He lived like you.
Are you missing the joy of Christmas? Reconsider WHY the birth of Christ is such good news. Your King Jesus walks with you!
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