Good morning ladies,
The word of the day is “epicedium.” Some of the best parts of the Bible are when
Jesus totally throws people off. One of
the great stories that I remember hearing early on in my faith journey was that
of Lazarus. Here it is, this guy dies
and everybody knows that there is absolutely no way he could be anything but
dead. Jesus comes along, and turns the
situation into something miraculous, and of course uses it for God’s glory.
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you
will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and
said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that
you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing
here, that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this,
Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came
out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around
his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
~Jn. 11:40-44
My question is: what kind of
faith do you have in God? It seems that
very few people believed Jesus could do what he was about to do in this
situation. But, can you blame them? I mean, they were singing the ritualistic epicedium,
and all of a sudden Jesus comes and breaks up the solemn gathering to let them
know that Lazarus will rise again. What
a great story. My prayer is that you
never count God out of the equation. If
we remain faithful to him, he will continue to show us miraculous signs even
today. Take some time to ask God to do
such things in your life.
Praying for you,
MO
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