Thank God, the Word became Flesh!!!

In John 14:1 we read the words of Jesus Christ to His disciples: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”

Jesus Christ perceived that His time to be physically removed from His disciples through the humiliation of the Cross was at hand. Knowing the gruesome experience His crucifixion will be for His disciples, Jesus undertook to encourage them. He foresaw the confusion, despair, and fear in the hearts of his disciples. Why was Christ so eager to encourage his disciples? He really knew that they will be looking for an answer and most importantly His awareness of their emotional rollercoaster was not simply from a cognitive standing point but much more, He understood their emotions by personal experience because being clothed in the flesh the Son of God shared in our feelings of pain, anxiety and confusion. 

What am i saying? The trouble in the heart of the disciples which Jesus is addressing is not a simple concept to Him, He knows or can fully relate to it personally on an emotional level. This truth is the more relevant for us today! Whatever trouble and pain or confusion we may be facing in our personal lives, we have a man at the right hand of God who feels comprehensively what we feel and stands day and night in the face of God interceding for us so that we may receive the help and courage we need to overcome our trying moments. Knowing the above is a fantastic and liberating truth that grants us peace and faith in God even in the midst of trouble like Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

So, It was necessary for the Christ to partake in flesh and blood in order for God to have an experiential exposition to the full range of our human experience. Temptation, fatigue, pain, hurt, anxiety, to name only those, were all things God couldn't fully relate to in terms of our human experience until God the Son became flesh.