Jesus Christ had to understand fully every sin and sorrow that human beings could experience, and that is what makes Him seem unfamiliar. I have no idea where He is going, and the goal has become strangely distant. I begin to realize that there is a distance between Jesus and me and I can no longer be intimate with Him. At first I was confident that I understood Him, but now I am not so sure. All I can do is stand and stare at Him in amazement. He no longer seems to be my Counselor and Friend and has a point of view about which I know nothing. This unusual Person with His face set “like a flint” ( Isaiah 50:7) is walking with great determination ahead of me, and He strikes terror right through me. There is an aspect of Jesus that chills even a disciple’s heart to its depth and makes his entire spiritual life gasp for air. Jesus is far ahead of us and is beginning to seem different and unfamiliar- “Jesus was going before them and they were amazed” ( Mark 10:32). It was a delight to forsake everything else and to throw ourselves before Him in a fearless statement of love. At the beginning of our life with Jesus Christ, we were sure we knew all there was to know about following Him.
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