Let Him Be Him

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” John 11:41-42

What problem do you face this week that has you tied up in anxious knots? Lazarus had been sick, and then died, and now rotted in the grave for four days. Our problems are more like those around the tomb where they laid him. We may be like the disciples who thought sleep in this case meant the normal nightly rest. We may be like the sisters, Mary and Martha, who thought 'if only Jesus had been here' then the situation would not have got out of control. We may even be like Martha again, who had said she believed in Jesus, but then just knew there would be a terrible stench (and probably didn't want her dearly departed brother to be forever known as the source of that stink.) What we think we know by our anxiety over a thing may run up against what Jesus knows He can do at all times. And we may find new life in Him, if we will but let Him get on with being Him.

Believe in Him and live,

Bucky