Sometimes I’m afraid we picture Jesus on His throne in heaven seated next to the Heavenly Father and think, “How can He possibly relate to what I’m going through?”

Remember, Jesus was God in the flesh. He experienced all the things humans experience. Joy, pain, laughter, grief, exhaustion, anger, injustice, and more.

Was Jesus ever frustrated? Let’s see.

In Matthew, Jesus vents to His disciples with, “You of little faith, . . . Do you still not understand?” (Matthew 16:8-9a). Or how about when His inner circle of disciples kept falling asleep when Jesus asked them to watch and pray the night of His arrest?

Think how the crowds and religious leaders responded to Jesus’ miracles and teachings. He was criticized, cut down, and called names. The teachers of the law said Jesus was “possessed by Beelzebub”, the prince of demons (Mark 3:22). The hypocritical Pharisees tried to correct and trap Jesus as they wrongly interpreted God’s Word. Even His own family said, “He is out of his mind” (Mark 3:21b).

And with all the evidence of Jesus’ miracles among the masses, the healings, multiplying of food, and raising the dead, most still did not believe!

Yes. Jesus can relate to us.

Hebrews 4:15 portrays Jesus this way: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.”

Be assured that in our struggles, Jesus can relate. He has compassion and can empathize with us. Therefore, He is the One we turn to for peace and comfort in the midst of chaos. After all, He turned chaos into creation! (Genesis 1)