ASLC Devotions-Friday

Hebrews 2:14-18

14Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. 16For it is clear that
he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect,
so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.
18Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

In the business world, I was always most impressed with those folks who worked their way up in a company to get to management positions rather than those who just came into a company at those positions. Those who’ve worked their way up in a company know the business and how it works,
they know the folks in other departments that they can call on for help or with questions, and, perhaps most importantly, they understand the journey it took to get where they are today.

I believe that was what God was thinking when He had Jesus come to us in flesh and blood. He could effectively preach to us and deliver God’s message because he had lived as we had, felt what we had, been tempted as we had, and basically just had to deal with life like we all have to. That
gave Jesus and his message the weight it needed to be seriously considered by we humans on Earth. Here’s a guy who looks and acts like us who is God’s son coming to deliver God’s message. Maybe it makes us feel like we, too, can be close to God if we just let Him into our lives.

Margo Ban

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