WE TRUST HIM
May 05, 2020
Prayer: Father, we put our trust in You and give You thanks for Whom You are and for the Love and Protection You offer those who have heard Your Voice and have committed their lives to You.
Scripture: But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand… Psalm 31:14-15 NASB
In His three years of ministry, Jesus demonstrated that He was the Son of God, the Messiah. One impactful way Jesus did this was by raising at least three people from the dead. First, in Luke was the young man from Nain. The young man had already died; his body was being carried to the tomb. Luke 7:11-17 The second, also in Luke, was the case of a young girl who had just passed away. Luke 8:40-42, 49-56. The young girl, Jairus’ daughter, was also raised from the dead. The third case was Lazarus, a close friend. John 11:1-11, 17-44
In the case of Lazarus, death seemed to have completely won the day, until Jesus came and demonstrated that He had power to “bind the strong man,” the strong man being Satan, and to rob him of his goods. Lazarus had been dead for four long days. Decay had already set in. It is fascinating that when Lazarus came forth, he was still completely bound up in his burial cloths. It took his friends to get free. This is an illustration of the need for fellowship among believers; we need each other. After we come to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we need the support of other mature believers to come into the fullness of what it means to follow Jesus! Lazarus was raised from the dead. Like the young man from Nain and Jairus; daughter, he could not break the chains of death. He was not the Messiah.
Jesus’ power over death reminds us that as we trust in Him, we have ultimate security no matter what is happening around us. We may be locked down because of the coronavirus but we are free in Him. Whatever finally comes out of Washington to deal with this crisis is not our source of provision; the Lord can create out of nothing what we need. We have the assurance of the young man from Nain, the daughter of Jairus, of Lazarus, and finally the testimony of Jesus’ own victory over death on Resurrection Sunday that our future is secure in Him!
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Thank you…we are meant not to go this road alone.
Well done. Oh death where is your sting!