Jesus is able to help you

What is in front of you? What are you hoping for? Are you stepping into something new? Jesus is able to help you!

Are you anxious today? Are you afraid of your tomorrow? Place your life in the hands of the One who is able. The One who established the world and everything in it is the One who is here now with you by His Spirit.

Jesus is able to help you.

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— ¹⁵ and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. ¹⁷ For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” (Hebrews 2 v 14-18)

Jesus is able to help you:-

• Because He knows what it is to be like you, v17

Priests were chosen from amongst the people in order that they may be merciful and faithful for they knew the problems of life. This is the theme of the entire letter, the incarnation in order to become the high priest which made the perfect atonement, something that the previous efforts of the OT sacrificial system failed to do. But Jesus became that high priest after walking this life as you are doing now.

• Because He atoned for our sins, v17

All the problems of humanity were placed on Him as the perfect sacrifice. The result is our sin is forgiven, our guilt is removed and our freedom is given.

• Because He frees those afraid of death, v15

Watch any follower of Jesus approaching death and you see them looking forward to the open door set before them. They are following a well-worn path firstly of Jesus and then all His followers. There is no fear.

• Because He has broken the power of the devil, v14

Though the devil continues to exist for now, Jesus has broken not only the power of death but the ‘power of him’ who holds the power of the devil. I remember a prophetic word I gave my church in the year 2001 when we would go through a traumatic season never known before and certainly never expected that it would be like walking past a snarling dog however that we should keep walking because the dog was chained up. That is the image I have today of the breaking of the power of the devil.

• Because He knows the suffering of temptation/testing, v14

It is difficult to distinguish between temptation or testing and probable means the same thing. He knows our weaknesses and He is able to help us through the most difficult of times.

When people (or you!) say you are not what you should be then remind yourself of this promise. When the voices of doubt say you need to perform and prove yourself in order to be accepted by God then it is a complete lie. Do not listen to that lie. It is a falsehood. Ignore it.

Jesus is able to help you.

You are complete in Him; you are alive in Him; you are free and not afraid; you are a child of God and belong to Him; you are without blame within His love; you have peace with God and the peace of God in your mind; you have the powerful strengthening enabling to be and do whatever needs to happen; you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you; you are chosen by God for this moment; you have everything you need for this life because you have Him; you are cleansed, forgiven and set aside for a holy life; you are saved by the grace of God. That’s who you are! It’s all because of Him. He’s got you and He will get you there for Jesus is able to help you!