The Christ of the Valley

The Christ of the Valley

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalm 84:6

We want to take a few moments to continue to contemplate a subject we raised yesterday.  As we came to consider ‘the valley of weeping,’ we thought briefly upon the fact that Christ has passed through the valley of weeping and is therefore the utterly sympathetic and empathetic Savior.  Today, let us consider how He came to be so.  In order for Christ to accomplish our redemption, and to meet us at our point of need in every way, He had to become truly human.  Hence, we see Him as very God of very God but also truly man.  The life of Christ was a life of humility and of humiliation.  He knew the pain and weariness of hard labor as a construction worker.  He knew the rejection of His family because they did not believe in Him.  He knew the fickleness of people from the way in which all His disciples forsook Him and fled in His darkest hour.  He knew what it was to bleed and die in the midst of the cruel and the heartless, who added insult to injury.  Wherever you are today, Christ has been there before you.  He is as vitally connected to you in your suffering as He is in all the other ways you experience Him.  Therefore, He is a Christ for our suffering.  He is not just the Christ of the mountaintop, but He is also the Christ of the valley.

Our Loving and Gracious Savior,
we rejoice that You understand us in every way.
We praise You that in our darkest hours,
You are the light for us.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning