Understanding the condescension of God is beyond a lifetime of understanding that a single person can undertake. The more you begin to understand this great undertaking the more you realize you do not understand, but rather your measure of understanding is but a pebble of knowledge from a great sunsetting beach. Maybe for now it is enough to understand that the creator of this great and holy sphere we are standing on was subject to life as we know it. He was born to a mother and entered this world helpless and in need of care in the most charitable way. He indeed could not care for himself and was subject to the harsh cruelty of the mortal world. We have just a small glimpse of the Saviors life. Mostly accounts of his mortal ministry recorded and handed down in writing from the few that were closest to him. With a few exceptions the accounting we have in biblical scripture cover the expanse of what looks like about 3 years of his life. So what is in this small accounting coupled with the teachings of his Apostles and Disciples whos collective writings we call the New Testament? We have learned a lot from this treasure, to those who continue to study scripture the pebbles of knowledge from his great and marvelous work seem so very never ending.
To the higher degree, Christ's mortal ministry consisted very much in the relief of the burdens of people he came in contact with. Where there was no hope, he gave hope by giving sight to the blind, healing those with leprosy, casting out devils and even raising the dead. He had already set in motion the great learning experience of living by the sweat of the brow at the beginnings of mans occupation of the earth. God consequently and verbally gave that understanding to our founding parents Adam and Eve. By doing so he set in motion the great university earth that we may all graduate from someday as eternal beings. Jesus in his mortal ministry did great miracles and taught his disciples to do the same. In many of these cases we may see failure amongst his disciples as they try to emulate the great works of Jesus Christ. However, at closer inspection we can see success in this attempt of the Christlike mastery. Jesus is The Master and for his students the expectations are very high. You may find that we often fail or we do our best depending on how you look at it as we mow the lawn of our crippled neighbor in an effort to ease his burdens. As we seek our discipleship with the Master may we never be afraid of failure and always work toward a better discipleship.
The Greatest Work
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