He is not here; He has Risen ,just as He said!" _Mathew 28:6
Hi friends,
Hope you are doing fine. Just want to share some thoughts that came to mind when I came across this lovely song "Resurrecting" which is filled with hope. It is applicable to all of our lives. In some area or other all of us have dead situations in our life , broken dreams, things we may have wished and wanted but never could attain for ourselves. When speaking about Resurrection, what comes to mind is the story of Lazarus. How Jesus visited Mary and Martha at Bethany only after two more days in spite of knowing that His loved friend Lazarus was very sick. (John 11:6) I have always wondered why the Lord didn't hurry to Bethany or why He didn't heal him with a word as He had healed so many with a word from the place He was. In fact, He actually delays two more days and Lazarus dies. He then tells His disciples that Lazarus is dead and lets go to him. The disciples must have thought Him crazy. But the Lord knew what He was doing. The heartbroken Martha runs to Jesus and tells Him that if He were there, Lazarus would not have died. Jesus assures her that Lazarus would rise again. Later we read in John 11:33 ,35 that Jesus, moved by Compassion, weeps and groans when He saw Mary and the others weeping. Such a great & loving Lord we have! Then when Jesus tells them to take away the stone from the tomb entrance , we hear how Martha reminds him that it had been four days now and there would be a stench from the decaying body. But Jesus insists and explains to them that if they believed, they would see the Glory of God. So they obey and watch in amazement as Jesus calls Lazarus to come forth from the grave. Lazarus is raised from the dead. Jesus asks that he be loosed from the grave clothes and be set free.
The Resurrected King resurrects our situations too. No matter whether we understand why the All powerful Jesus delays in coming to set us free. No matter that we think it is over and the situation is decayed and rotten.... let us remember that just like in Lazarus case, just as Jesus our Lord and Savior rose again on the Third Day, The Resurrected King is resurrecting all the dead and hopeless situations of our life. So we can get expectant and be filled with a fresh hope knowing that if we have surrendered our life to the Lord, no matter what happens in our Life, we are never beyond His reach. He will resurrect us and breathe into us His breath of life!
Enjoy the anointed song "Resurrecting" by Elevation Worship
The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now