I know.
Posted by The 5.2 Project on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
For my quiet time
recently, I have been going through the book of John, and this week I
have been looking at Chapter 11. This is the part where Lazarus died,
and Jesus shows up a few days later. There are three things that
really really stood out to me in this little passage.
1. When Jesus is asked why He didn't come sooner,. He said that He tarried so that all who were watching would see and believe. It's incredible the different perspective that comes when we acknowlkedge God's purposes and the reality of eternity rather than our own faulty perception. Here we see tragedy, but God see an opportunity to instill belief in those that He so desperately cares for.
2. This is the famous statement where Christ says that He is the resurrection and the life. I have been having some problems with having faith in the fact that eternity is unknown, and there were a few fears that arose in my heart as i was thinking about it. Here's the key that seals the coffin of those fears. Christ is the resurrection and the life. He is life more real than we know here, and being in His presence is something that we can solidly trust in. He is what we think that we have now. We can never hold on to the situations or things that we have now, but He offers abundant life for eternity.
3. When Jesus saw the grief of Mary and Martha, the Bible says that He was moved to tears. I know that most of us have heard the shortest verse in the Bible is Jesus wept (found in chapter 11), bu tI had never really looked at that in context. Jesus was broken over the results of the fall. He was empathetic with these two women. We see Christ cry when He is about to be delivered up to be crucified, but here I believe is a different type of tear. Christ is familiar with every type of human suffering and wept for us going to the cross, but here we get to see how personal that weeping is. He wept for Mary, and He wept for Martha, directly sharing with them their pain. That's the same God that weeps over my sin, and knows the pain of the separation that it causes. What a wonderful savior.
- Bennett
1. When Jesus is asked why He didn't come sooner,. He said that He tarried so that all who were watching would see and believe. It's incredible the different perspective that comes when we acknowlkedge God's purposes and the reality of eternity rather than our own faulty perception. Here we see tragedy, but God see an opportunity to instill belief in those that He so desperately cares for.
2. This is the famous statement where Christ says that He is the resurrection and the life. I have been having some problems with having faith in the fact that eternity is unknown, and there were a few fears that arose in my heart as i was thinking about it. Here's the key that seals the coffin of those fears. Christ is the resurrection and the life. He is life more real than we know here, and being in His presence is something that we can solidly trust in. He is what we think that we have now. We can never hold on to the situations or things that we have now, but He offers abundant life for eternity.
3. When Jesus saw the grief of Mary and Martha, the Bible says that He was moved to tears. I know that most of us have heard the shortest verse in the Bible is Jesus wept (found in chapter 11), bu tI had never really looked at that in context. Jesus was broken over the results of the fall. He was empathetic with these two women. We see Christ cry when He is about to be delivered up to be crucified, but here I believe is a different type of tear. Christ is familiar with every type of human suffering and wept for us going to the cross, but here we get to see how personal that weeping is. He wept for Mary, and He wept for Martha, directly sharing with them their pain. That's the same God that weeps over my sin, and knows the pain of the separation that it causes. What a wonderful savior.
- Bennett
