DAILY READINGS: 2 Chronicles 21-22; Ezekiel 40; John 17
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping…He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. John 11:33
Jesus wept. John 11:35
The Lord Jesus knew that in moments He would transform that scene of sorrow into joy, when He raised Lazarus from the dead. But this did not cause Him to be insensitive to the sorrows of others in the interim. He groaned, was troubled and wept. It cannot be long now, until the Lord returns and removes us from this vale of tears. However, this does not interfere with His loving concern for us in the meantime. Thank God for a sympathetic High Priest at God’s right hand who will succour us until we are safely home. —W. H. Burnett
Touched with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame,
He knows what sore temptations are, for He endured the same. —I. Watts