Jesus is Son of God yet Son of Man. He came to live amongst us. He understands our frailties, that is why He stands before the Father interceding for us. Jesus doesn’t change: the Jesus we believe in, is the Jesus of the Bible. Just as He sought people out to fellowship with them, so if He were to walk into your town today, He would seek you out: He would heal your sickness and mend your broken heart.
Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, sauing, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralysed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” (Matthew 8:5-7, NKJV)
The cross is identification: not just us identifying with Him in His suffering so that we might receive salvation, but Jesus was identifying with us. He lived as we live. He experienced the hardship of life: rejection, betrayal, struggle; He wept over His friends. He also knew the joy of fellowshipping with loved ones over a meal. Be bold enough to believe that Jesus come to earth to identify with you.
The Scripture teaches that when Jesus came into the world He came to His Own people. He came for you, to understand you. He did not come as a stranger but as one of us. If Jesus were to walk into your town today, He would seek you out, spend time with you: healing your sickness and restoring relationships. - That is exactly what Jesus did for Zacchaeus: ‘Jesus entered and passed through Jericho… And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”’ (Luke 19:1-10, NKJV)
Because Jesus identifies with us, we can come boldly to Him: don’t allow fear and shame to cause you to hide from God. Rather, He is ready and waiting to receive you. Jesus didn’t come to condemn, but that the world through Him might be saved (John 3:17). Today, don’t treat Jesus as a stranger or some kind of distant person, He came for you.
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:15-16, NKJV)