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Do you make Jesus sigh?

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Do you have any “sighers” as friends? When things don’t go their way, they let the whole world know by emptying their lungs with a tremendous exhale.

Go ahead. Try it. It’s kinda fun.

I doubt Jesus sighed often. Joyfulness and patience filled his heart. Habitual sighers lack both. But there was a time in which Jesus’ exasperation bursts out of his lungs.

In Mark 1, after Jesus is baptized, the heavens tear open, the Spirit descends and God’s voice rings out: “This is my Son, whom I am well pleased.” Jesus would heal the sick and perform breathtaking miracles. He fulfilled prophecies, which were written centuries before his arrival. He performed sign after sign after sign….

Yet in Mark 8:11, the Pharisees asked him for another sign. Some people will never be satisfied. They’ll always withhold their trust.

So how did Jesus respond?

“He sighed deeply” (Mark 8:12). 

Throughout the book, many saw the man, the same miracles, the same teaching, the same crucified body and the same empty tomb. Some of them believed. Some did not.

Sigh

And just when my jaw drops at the disbelief of the Pharisees, I wonder how many times I’ve made Jesus sigh. I’ve fretted over finances. I’ve worried about problems. I’ve tried to fix people’s problems on my own. I’ve tried to one-up others. I’ve kept the Good News to myself. I’ve known Him, but ignored His words.

Sigh

Are you making Jesus sigh? There is good news – great news. Jesus loves you. He’s not a habitual sigher. Joy and peace fill His heart. He really, really loves you. He loves you so much that even though you’ve distrusted, He’s remained. He welcomes you back. He leads you one step at a time.

Jon Weece said, “God loves us as we are, but refuses to leave us as we are.” So trust Jesus through the good and bad, highs and lows. Trust him in 2015 more than you have in any other year. Don’t ask for more signs. Ask for more faith. Trust Him.

 

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