The Gift That Trouble Brings
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is John 12:27-36. Let’s go!
John 12:27 (NIV)
27 “Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
On verse 27: Jesus was troubled by the prospect of dying, showing his real humanity (v27a). Yet rather than asking the Father to rescue him from having to die, Jesus reminds himself that that is why he came (v27b).
Taking a hint from Jesus, when I go through trouble or hardship, sometimes it helps to remind myself, “JB, it’s part of the calling. This is just part of living out the life God called you to live on this earth, so don’t cry and complain as if something strange were happening to you. This is what you were made for.” Let’s learn to boldly take on trouble Jesus’ way.

