Jesus Was Sick

I had the flu the week prior to Christmas. Having the flu or being in a sick state is no good. We often say while in a sick state that we are not our normal self; Why do we say that? We say this, obviously, because we cannot reason, think, speak, act with the capacity we regularly are able. But I might argue that we are, in some ways, MORE ourselves when we are sick or incapacitated. When we are ill we are unable to use our normal filters, our societal or self-governed restraints. I found saying things and thinking things that normally would not surface at all. When we are sick we are weakened and more prone to failure and sin. It was a startling thing to observe.

But what about Jesus? Jesus was not somehow free from all normal human sickness. He was born a screaming, slimy baby just like all of us; AND like all of us he got the sniffles, a headache, stubbed his toe, and, it was even possible, that Jesus Christ got the flu! Philippians 2 tells us that Jesus came to earth and when he did so he set aside his Godness, he willfully subjected himself to all the aspects of being human, this includes sickness. So Jesus must have felt like crap physically at times, but when his societal filters were dropped sin did not come out of him. When Jesus was sick he did not sin against his mom or sibling who bugged him or his friends who were being jerks. When Jesus was sick he was not self-fish. Jesus did not sin when he was sick because he wanted to do the will of the Father ALL the time; he was governed by the will of the Father not his own will.

So this is a small reflection from one being sick reflecting on Jesus' perfection even in his weakness. I have no proof Jesus was ever sick, but I know he may have been. I do have historical evidence that he was tortured, betrayed, went without sleep, and gruesomely murdered and he still NEVER, not once, sinned.