Lazarus

Lazarus
Word was sent that he was sick, Jesus says its ok his sickness will not end in death, it happened to bring about glory to God.
Any trial a believer faces can ultimately bring glory to God because God can bring good out of any bad situation.
When troubles come, do you grumble, complain, and blame God, or do you see your problems as opportunities to honor God?
Romans 8:28
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
We need to always remember that God is not working to make us happy but to fulfill his purpose.
This promise can only be claimed only by those who love God and have choice him to be there Lord and savior.
So Jesus stayed where he was for two more days. Then finally he told his disciples it was time, Lazarus is dead and they need to go see him.
His delay had a specific purpose. God’s timing, especially his delays, may make us think he is not answering or is not answering the way we want.
But he will meet all our needs according to his perfect schedule and purpose.
When Jesus arrived he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. Martha came and met Jesus and told him if only who was here, my brother would not have died.
If Jesus had been with Lazarus during the final moments of Lazarus’s sickness, he might have healed him rather than let him die.
But Lazarus died so that Jesus power over death could be shown.
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
My question to you is the same. Do you believe this also?
Jesus has power over life and death as well as power to forgive sins.
He who is life can surely restore life.
Whoever believes in Christ has a spiritual life that death cannot conquer or diminish in anyway.
When we realize his power and how wonderful his offer to us really is, how can we not commit our lives to him?
Then Mary came to meet him and said the same thing” if only you were here, my brother would not of died”
It was at this time that Jesus seeing everyone crying and asked where they placed him that he began to cry himself.
We serve a God who truly cares. Jesus showed that he cares enough for us to weep with us in our sorrow.
according to Hebrews 4: 15, 16 where it says, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

God comforts those go through troubles according to these words recorded in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
3 God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
Many think that when God comforts us, our troubles should go away. We must understand that being “comforted” can also mean receiving strength, encouragement, and hope to deal with our troubles.

Mary and Martha truly needed comfort for the lost of their brother but little did they know that Jesus was about to amaze the world with a demonstration of His power over death and was about to bring glory to His father’s name.
The Jesus said remove the stone and they warned him of the smell for he has been dead for four days already but he insisted.
The Jesus spoke his name Lazarus come forth and out he came.
Lazarus responded to Jesus voice ,will you come forth when he calls your name?
When all is said and done, only what God accomplished through us will really matter.
We will take little credit. Jesus worked in and around Lazarus just as he does with us.
We have Christ’s invitation to participate in his work, but we must not forget that he will do much more than we will know.
Lazarus resurrection poses an important question: When you die, do you fully expect that your next conscious experience will be hearing the voice of Jesus call your name?