Crushed For Us!

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.  Isaiah 53:4-5

Christ was crushed for our iniquities, for the things we have done wrong. The passage in Isaiah prophesied Jesus’ suffering, some of it in the garden of Gethsemane. The word Gethsemane means “oil press”. This location is not a coincidence. Jesus chose it because he wanted us to know what he was experiencing. He experienced what the olives experience in an oil press when a heavy stone crushes the olive and squeezes out the oil.

Luke describes Jesus' agony
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22:44 (EVS)

Jesus experienced great agony when he realized that he would be carrying the weight of the sin of the whole world. As one without sin, he was about to experience the horror of all our sins. His trauma was so great that He sweat blood. Some wonder if this is true. Although rare, this condition has been documented as true in a number of cases and is caused by extreme distress. 

Truly God understands your agony and is waiting to hear your cry for help. He wants to give you rest.