SCRIPTURE: John 11:4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”…
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
OBSERVATION: It is good for us to quickly understand that Jesus’ love for us does not always mean that he will do what we want when we want it. His actions may seem to us that he has ignored our request or not taken it very seriously. Nothing could be further from the truth. He loves us! Even in this passage that fact is repeated in verse five. These were people that Jesus loved! They were important to him!
I wonder if at least one of the disciples had the thought, “Jesus, you sure missed it this time. You said this sickness would not end in death.” For those of us who now know the rest of the story we see that the end result was not death but death was one step in the pathway that led to “God’s glory.”
For the Christian, nothing ends in death!!!
APPLICATION: I can trust the Lord. I may not understand why He does some things or the way He does them, but I can trust Him. Everything I know about Him tells me I can trust Him. I can trust his love for me!
Even my physical death will be but one step that into God’s presence!
PRAYER: Lord, when you do not do what I want, or do it when I want it, I still know I can trust you. Your love for me never changes. Amen.
Pastor Leon
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