Sometimes what looks like defeat can actually be victory, and what appears to be a victory may be a defeat. But how do we respond when we don’t see the full picture, and can we always see the difference?
Jesus was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief”. In John 16:16-22, we look at how he prepared his disciples for the grief and sorrow that they would experience following his death, and helped them to see that the coming trials and suffering were in fact part of the greatest victory in history. And, without negating the reality of the pain of the moment, he also reminds them to forward to the joy that would come after. How did they respond, standing on their side of the cross, and what does that mean for us, who now have a fuller picture?
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