Jesus wept

Just rest in the presence of God as he delights in the presence of you.

In the silence, Jesus weeps with me.

John 11:33-35: "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

'Where have you laid him?' he asked.

'Come and see, Lord,' they replied.

Jesus wept." In the silence, Jesus weeps with me.

Brian Zahnd said, "Yes, Jesus knew he was about to raise Lazarus.

He knew it even before Lazarus died.

It is the complete history of the Knights Templar in the Crusades, written by John J. Robinson, author of Born in Blood.

And I'm going to start at the second, third paragraph on page 414 in the chapter entitled Jesus Wept, 1292 to 1305.

That's a date.

Those are dates, folks.

And now taking captive every thought, shift your focus unto God, for He is waiting for you.

We'll be meditating on John chapter 11, verse 35 from the King James Version, which reads two simple words, Jesus wept.

Now take a moment just to pour out your adoration to God who understands you.

Jesus, I give you praise for you understand my grief.

Ask the Holy Spirit for His assurance to be upon your heart.

Ask Him to help you accept your emotions and to allow yourself to feel what you're feeling.

Remember, Jesus wept.

So give yourself permission to grieve.

... elle s'est couchée au sol.

And Jesus wept.

Et Jésus a pleuré.

Where, where, where, where have you laid him?

... elle s'est couchée au sol.

And Jesus wept.

Et Jésus a pleuré.

Where, where, where, where have you laid him?

I can't shake this addiction, I can't.

I think right here, and the cool thing about this message is if you forget it, just at least remember this verse, Jesus wept.

And then if you can in your mind, when push comes to shove and life gets hard, try to remember my explanation or our explanation for why Jesus weeps, 'cause that's my question.

And the answer to that question is going to give you the greatest, most solid, dependable cure when you feel insufficient, insignificant, and small in this life.

If you have never felt like this, you were born a couple of weeks ago.

It's this shortest verse in the New Testament.

It just says, "And Jesus wept." Uh, I don't know about you, but, uh, that image, Jesus weeping.

Now, because He lost his friend Lazarus, yeah.

Because of the sorrow of all the people sitting shiva around him, yeah.

But also, I think, his deep sympathy with us when we say, "Why weren't you here?" Uh, it's not just God, you know, at a great distance up on a mountain, you know, "Look, my ways aren't your ways." Yeah, yeah, I know, that's true, but can we believe that God weeps because of the pain we feel, eh, wh- when He, He acts in ways we don't understand? I, I...

Christianity, it, it's all summed up in that little line, "And Jesus wept." The Son of God, right, the Creator of the universe, so identifies with our frustrations and sorrows and loss that He weeps with us.

I, I think there's salvation in that line, everybody.

I think there's just salvation in that line.

The more you love, the more you're gonna understand grief.

And it says, "Jesus started crying." You know the shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35.

It's two words: "Jesus wept." John 11:35.

That's your memory verse for the week, okay? Everybody can do that.

Say, "John 11:35." And what did it say? "Jesus wept." And where is that? John 11:35.

That's the shortest verse in the Bible.

You just memorized a Bible verse.

Today's Devo helps us see that.

It's called Jesus Wept by Kelly Choi.

Do you know the shortest verse in the Bible? It's John 11, 35.

Jesus wept.

It only has two words, and yet it's so profound.

A few years ago, my brother died suddenly.

Jesus understands the pain of losing our loved ones.

He grieves with us.