Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows
(John 16:33; NLT).
1. You understand our struggles
And misfortunes;
You understand our failures,
And our fears.
2. You understand our losses
And afflictions;
You understand our anguish,
And our tears.
3. You understand our secrets
And temptations;
You understand our lives –
Each bitter pill.
4. You understand the tests
We must endure, Lord,
For you have shared them all –
And share them still.
References
1. He made their hearts, so he understands everything they do (Psalm 33:15; NLT).
The Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought (1 Chronicles 28:9; NIV).
2. When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died” […] Then Jesus wept. The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!” (John 11:32,35-6; NLT).
Being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground (Luke 22:44; NIV).
3. He knows the secrets of every heart (Psalm 44:21; NLT).
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil (Luke 4:1-2; NIV).
If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine (Matthew 26:39; NLT).
They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink (Psalm 69:21; NKJV).
4. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all the same testings we do (Hebrews 4:15; NLT).
In all their suffering he also suffered (Isaiah 63:9; NLT).
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Isaiah 53:4; NIV).