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Our Perfect Hero

Jesus is described as the perfect hero who is approachable and caring. He wants people to be fully authentic with him and will listen without judgment. The passage contrasts Jesus' ability to sternly confront wrongdoers while also showing deep compassion. It highlights how Jesus had divine power over nature but also human experiences and understanding of life's struggles. Overall, it portrays Jesus as the ideal role model who offers unconditional love and support.

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Our Perfect Hero

Jesus is described as the perfect hero who is approachable and caring. He wants people to be fully authentic with him and will listen without judgment. The passage contrasts Jesus' ability to sternly confront wrongdoers while also showing deep compassion. It highlights how Jesus had divine power over nature but also human experiences and understanding of life's struggles. Overall, it portrays Jesus as the ideal role model who offers unconditional love and support.

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Jesus, Our Perfect Hero

Today’s Scripture
His mouth is most sweet, yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem! —
Song of Solomon 5:16
JESUS IS SOMEONE whom you can be completely real with. You
can hang out with Him and be yourself, with no pretense and
no play-acting. Jesus is ever-loving toward you and you can
talk to Him about anything. He enjoys conversing with you
about your dreams, aspirations and hopes. He wants to heal
you of things in your past that you may be struggling with. He
is interested in your present challenges. He wants to weep with
you when you are down and rejoice with you in all your
victories.
Jesus is someone whom you can be completely real with.
Jesus is love and tenderness personified. Be careful not to
confuse His tenderness with the effeminate and weak images
that you have seen depicted in some traditional paintings of
Him. He is tenderness and strength wrapped up in one. He is
meekness and majesty, manhood and deity, velvet and steel.
You see, sometimes, when we attempt to be assertive and
strong, we bulldoze over people’s feelings and end up hurting
them with our words. When we attempt to be tender, we
overdose on niceness and reduce ourselves to doormats to be
taken advantage of by others.
Let’s turn away from ourselves and look at Jesus. He could
sternly force a pack of scheming Pharisees to back off in one
instance, challenging them by saying, “He who is without sin
among you, let him throw a stone at her first” (John 8:7). In the
very next moment, this same Jesus could look straight into the
eyes of a broken woman caught in adultery, and with
compassion resonating deeply in His voice, ask her, “Woman,
where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned
you? Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more” (John
8:10–11).
This is our God!
In one moment, a tired Jesus could be fast asleep in a windswept
fisherman’s boat, oblivious to the rough Galilean waters
crashing against the hapless vessel. But in the very next
moment, you see Him staring unflinchingly at the lashing
waves, His well-toned carpenter’s arms raised to the sky. With
His single declaration of absolute authority over heaven and
earth, the waves submitted and calmed instantaneously into a
placid mirror of stillness (Mark 4:37–39).
Jesus is 100 percent Man and at the same time 100 percent God.
As Man, He understands and identifies with all that you have
gone through, are going through and will ever go through in
this life. But as a loving God, all His power, authority and
resources are on your side. Beloved, whatever you are facing
today, let your heart rest easy in His perfect love for you.

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