“In all their affliction He was afflicted” (Is 63:9).
In days of affliction and pain, we tend to think that the Lord has forgotten us. When the days turn into weeks, and the weeks become months, and still the pain remains, our flesh becomes bolder. After eight or nine hours of intense, uninterrupted pain, we hear the tempter whisper: “Where is your God now?” (Ps 42:3).
During the last months I have experienced a little of this. So you can imagine my joy at reading these words this morning: “In all their affliction He was afflicted”. I am not alone in my pain. The Lord is near, and knows, because he suffers with me. Only He can truly say: “I know thy tribulation” (Rv 2:9).
