Christ sees our true state as measured by eternity. He looks past all the masks that we wear to disguise our condition. He evaluates us in the light of heaven. His eye is sympathetic even though he knows our waywardness, our self-imposed misery. He is not blind to our sin, and knows we are to blame for our state, but that does not mean that he cannot pity us. He felt for them, even though it was their fault. He maybe wept. It is a lesson in soul winning for the disciples and for us. Although the people of our day may have brought judgment on themselves, we have to have compassion on our land. We have to pray earnestly for it, and strive to reach the masses with the gospel.
How much we need his fatherly love, as a little child needs a parent’s care, someone to whom we can always go, because his heart of love does not change. Are there any in this life who come to Christ sincerely and ask for mercy and find that his compassion towards them is exhausted, he has grown tired of exercising it? No, his patience towards us is unfathomable. If we search for him with all our hearts, we can be sure he will receive us; he is pictured here as full of compassion for our encouragement. Our misery itself works for our good because it attracts the compassion of the Son of God.