Jesus taught me how to live as a child of God. He was a Son; I am a daughter. If I want to know how to relate to Him, I follow His example.

Jesus made no autonomous decisions. The Son is able to do nothing of His own accord; but the Son is able to do only what He sees His Father doing. Jn. 5:19   His choices were often surprising. He chose only one man to heal at the at pool of Bethesda though many dreamt of it. The rich young ruler departed from Jesus’ with a sad heart  yet Jesus didn’t go after him. Jesus wasted no steps because Abba ordered them.

Did Jesus have memory of His intimacy with the Father? Did He remember the Garden and the fall? Did he feel the urgency of the ages in needing to redeem mankind? Or did God subject his mind/memory to finite time just as we live? I’m inclined to think that way. Whatever Jesus seemed to know about history, about Abraham and about the Torah, He knew from studying. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. Heb. 5:8

Jesus’ journey to the cross never eroded His trust in His Father.  He probably did not have all the details surrounding his coming crucifixion. He knew He was born for that purpose.  He trusted, He obeyed – and the seeming cruelty of God’s path for Him didn’t cause Him to stumble in His relationship with His Father. Can you imagine how He felt when He studied Isaiah 53 and other prophetic passages? He thought, “This is talking about me. This will happen to me.”

Abba, I will follow Jesus.  I will be submissive to You.   And I will not stumble over You when life gets really difficult.   Amen