Monday – Someone Who Understands
Focus passage: Hebrews 4:14-15
Read: Isaiah 63:9; 1 Corinthians 10:11-13; Hebrews 2:10, 17-18; James 1:2-3, 12
In Homer’s classic tale, the Odyssey, Odysseus is king of Ithaca. He asks his friend Mentor to watch over his son Telemachus while Odysseus goes to fight the Trojan War. Mentor was a wise, loyal, and faithful friend who helped Telemachus into manhood. We get our word mentor from this story. Over the years, the idea of mentoring has taken on meaning more than a wise and trusted counselor or teacher. Our mentor is someone we confide in about our struggles and shortcomings, someone who understands where we are in life because they’ve experienced it, too. Many times the relationship between a person and their mentor can to be stronger and longer lasting than any other relationship.
Jesus is also a wise, loyal, and faithful friend. God sent Him here to live where we do and He experienced all the hardships, temptations, and challenges we face. Since Jesus didn’t sin, He can be trusted beyond any other friend or mentor. Because He knows and understands, we can “hold firmly to the faith we profess.”
1. When you’re facing a trial or temptation, who do you reach out to first?
2. Think about your response. What does it say about your faith?
3. Christ understands and is faithful beyond all others. How can you more consistently hold firmly to your faith in Him in the midst of trials?
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