Mary, Lazarus sister sent a message to Jesus saying; "the one whom you love is sick".
This is the title given to God's children. If you are a child of God, God refers to you as the one whom He loves. Whatever problem you may be facing, when you go to God in prayer; go as the one who He loves.
Jesus after receiving did not act immediately but went after two days and the condition had worsened for Lazarus had died by then, but God was still in control.
This should encourage us because many time we go to God and pray that He may intervene in a situation but instead of the condition getting better, it gets worse and we wonder whether has forgotten or forsaken us. We learn from this story that God is still in control and He'll come through for us. We should not give even when it seems that the more we pray, the more condition are worsens. We should not stop seeking God.
Why was Jesus not in a hurry to go to heal Lazarus? As we have seen from previous chapters, he did nothing out of His own initiative. He asked God about going and the Lord said wait. He continued waiting for Gods direction and after two days the Lord said to Him, now you can go.
We learn here that we should not be quick to act with what we hear but we should always seek to know Gods minds in every situation.
We should not panic for anything but we should pray and listen to what the Lord tells to do. When you are in darkness, continue waiting, and trusting in the character of God; when action is required; light will come. Isaiah 50:10.
Jesus told His disciples that Lazarus had slept and they were going to awaken Him. They didn't understand and He said plainly that Lazarus had died.
Here we can learn that there are times when the Lord speaks to us and we hear His voice but we fail to understand what He means. When we are sincere, the Lord will speak plainly to us. It's a wonderful thing if we seek to be sincere and honest before God.
The disciples had also reminded Jesus that the Jews wanted to stone Him previously. He answered that if anyone walks during the day, He does not stumble because he sees the light of the world, but if you walk in the night, you stumbles.
Jesus is the light of the world. When the eyes of our heart sees Jesus as we walk, we will not stumble. But in our christian walk if we do not see Jesus, we will stumble and fall. There are many stumbling blocks along our way as we walk in the Lord, but if we are not in darkness, if we are seeing Jesus and listening to His voice and following it, we will not stumble when others are stumbling around us. Learn to walk in the light. Let your eyes see the way Jesus lived. Train your ears to listen to His voice.
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