fiery trial - part 5 (more on revelation)

     I posted awhile ago that I had had a revelation about God's plan, but I wanted to expound more on it in this post.
   
     Last Wednesday I posted Hebrews 2:8. It's my new favorite verse. It speaks perfectly to me in the season of my life. Here it is again:

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

     I have heard multiple times from various sources that we can not see all of God's plan, and that he has a bigger purpose than what I can determine. Hearing that comforted me - for a while. But it just didn't stick. This morning as I was reading Hebrews in my quiet time, I came upon this verse. I had heard this truth from other people, but never directly from my God! Hearing it from Jesus himself really instilled it into me.
     Something else that is really connecting with me is the fact that Jesus understands. He experienced trial and suffering when he was on the earth, not just on the cross, but throughout the whole 33 year period he was here as a man. He's not inflicting this on me because he thinks I'm due for something hard in my life. Jesus knows that this very thing will break me and then shape me into a person who is more like him. He can sympathize with me. Sympathy is such a beautiful word: "sym" comes from the Greek for "same," and the rest comes from "pathos," which is Greek for "feeling." Jesus had the same feelings as I am experiencing right now. He knows! This is vastly comforting to me.
   
     Do you have a Scripture verse or passage that speaks to you in a similar way that this one does to me? Have you ever had a revelation from God about something that caused you to see God's plan more clearly?

-Sarah :)