Jesus Was Human

You know when you have a huge revelation from God of something you never understood before and that changes your whole life upside down in a moment? Yeah, well I didn't have one of those this week. This week it was something so small, something I've heard my whole life and thought I understood. But really, I had no idea what it meant. And it will change my life slowly day by day as I learn to walk in it.
I don't know what brought it on, or even what we were talking about,  but in a moment, I realized that Jesus was human. You can say, "obviously." Almost everyone acknowledges that Jesus was a real human, including most other religions. The key fact is that I believe Jesus was God's son, and also fully God at the same time. Which means that Jesus had all the power of God and full connection with God and the Holy Spirit, they were the same being. Until God willed that Jesus would save us all by dying on the cross. So Jesus gave up everything that he had and became human. He gave up that intimate connection with the Trinity, all the power and glory that he had in that, and was born a baby.
So, after understanding all of that, this is my revelation: Jesus was human. He had no special magical connection with God since he was born, he had the same as all of us: the opportunity. He had to grow up. He had to learn about God the Father, and the Holy Spirit. He had to choose to listen to the Holy Spirit, choose to follow God, choose to overcome sin, choose to discover his calling. He had to struggle through confusion, rejection, temptation, loneliness, dry seasons, his own mind, his own strength. Just like us. Jesus went through the same life, the same process, that we are living now. Discovering God, growing in listening to (and following) the Holy Spirit. In a way, this makes me feel a bit better about the fact that I struggle, but also makes me even more in awe of Jesus, and God. More in awe of Jesus because he lived a perfect and pure life and fulfilled everything God had for him. And more in awe of God because he was willing to risk losing Jesus to the world, just for the opportunity to be able to save the world through him. Mind blown.
This changes my perspective on life with God so much. As much as it's not an excuse to slack off in following God, it also is a relief that there is an example of someone who was in the exact same circumstances as me and succeeded at this kind of life. By success I mean that he fulfilled the will of God for his life. Also, Jesus began his ministry when he was 30. That's quite a while from now for me, and I'm already on the way there. Thanks to God and his amazing grace, and to Jesus and his life.