I’ve found that one of the greatest obstacles to pursuing a depth of relationship with Jesus is a sense that Christ can’t relate to what we are going through.  We have heard that Jesus was the God/Man who came down to earth and lived among us but we struggle to believe that He was actually like us.  Of course we know that He faced difficulties but we tell ourselves that He had all the power of God at His disposal so His struggles are not like ours.  Besides, He lived hundreds of years ago and can’t possibly understand what it’s like to live in modern times.  

If we don’t believe that Jesus has experienced what we’ve experienced we’ll never bring our experiences to Him.  In fact, we can actually push away from Christ in our woundedness, our misunderstanding and our pain.  Which is why Isaiah 53 is such a valuable passage of Scripture.