God saw our condition before we had it; made a commitment to handle it, decided to send us Jesus before we arrived. When we arrived and we made our choices creating our conditions, He remained faithful to His choice, Jesus came and lived, lived among our condition; side by side He lived. His living was as much a sacrifice as His dying.
Inconvenient? He had no snarly puke face reaction; well, only to the prideful religious folk. In fact, it was their snarly puke face reaction to Him sealing the decision to put Him on the cross. Still yet, He found it in His heart to pray, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Jesus came in a spirit of compensation (hospitality). Compensation (hospitality) is something that counterbalances or makes up for and undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs. This is the anointing that breaks the yoke. This is Jesus. "Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite' (Psalm 147:5).
Where is the power that breaks the yoke? Understanding working alongside the miserable conditions of humanity. "Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old" (Micah 7:18-20). God takes into account our humanity more than us; His understanding is a power that breaks the bars of iron and sets us free. An understanding working alongside our conditions as to bring about transformation. When the Holy Ghost comes upon us, this is the power imparted to us; we become witnesses "unto Him." Once Jesus has tied us into a knot and pulled us through the hole backwards, then we too can possess the spirit of compensation for others.
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