Yet learned He obedience.....

"Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He
suffered."-Hebrews 5:8

We are told that the Captain of our salvation was made perfect through
suffering, therefore we who are sinful, and who are far from being
perfect, must not wonder if we are called to pass through suffering too.
Shall the head be crowned with thorns, and shall the other members of the
body be rocked upon the dainty lap of ease? Must Christ pass through
seas of His own blood to win the crown, and are we to walk to heaven
dryshod in silver slippers? No, our Master's experience teaches us that
suffering is necessary, and the true-born child of God must not, would
not, escape it if he might. But there is one very comforting thought in
the fact of Christ's "being made perfect through suffering"-it is, that
He can have complete sympathy with us. "He is not an high priest that
cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities." In this sympathy
of Christ we find a sustaining power. One of the early martyrs said, "I
can bear it all, for Jesus suffered, and He suffers in me now; H!
e sympathizes with me, and this makes me strong." Believer, lay hold of
this thought in all times of agony. Let the thought of Jesus strengthen
you as you follow in His steps. Find a sweet support in His sympathy;
and remember that, to suffer is an honourable thing-to suffer for Christ
is glory. The apostles rejoiced that they were counted worthy to do
this. Just so far as the Lord shall give us grace to suffer for Christ, to
suffer with Christ, just so far does He honour us. The jewels of a
Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings whom God hath
anointed are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Let us not,
therefore, shun being honoured. Let us not turn aside from being exalted.
Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us up. "If we suffer, we shall also
reign with Him."