March 24 Morning Devotional | Heard in His Deepest Trial | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, March 24 | “He was heard because of his reverence.” —Hebrews 5:7 (ESV)

This Evening's Scripture Reading: Hebrews 5:1-10 (ESV)

“For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
“So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;
as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
“In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

What wonder is this reverence in light of the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken. “See,” said Satan, “you have a friend nowhere! Your Father has closed the door of his compassion against you. Not an angel in his courts will stretch out his hand to help you.
All heaven is alienated from you; you are left alone. See the companions with whom you have taken sweet counsel, what are they worth? Son of Mary, see there your brother James, see there your loved disciple John, and your bold apostle Peter, how the cowards sleep when you are in your sufferings! Look! You have no friend left in heaven or earth. All hell is against you.
I have stirred up my infernal den. I have sent my letters throughout all regions summoning every prince of darkness to set upon you this night, and we will spare no arrows. We will use all our infernal might to overwhelm you: and what will you do, you solitary one?”

It may be, this was the temptation; because the appearance of an angel unto him, strengthening him, removed that fear. “He was heard because of his reverence.” He was no more alone, but heaven was with him. It may be that this is the reason he came three times to his disciples.

“Backwards and forwards thrice he ran,
As if he sought some help from man.”
(Joseph Hart, “Come, all ye chosen saints of God”)

He would see for himself whether it were really true that all men had forsaken him. He found them all asleep; but perhaps he gained some faint comfort from the thought that they were sleeping, not from treachery, but from sorrow; the spirit indeed was willing, but the flesh was weak. At any rate, he was heard because of his reverence. Jesus was heard in his deepest trial; my soul, you shall be heard also.

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