Do you believe this? —John 11:26
“Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…” (John 11:27). Allow Him [Jesus] to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief?” - My Utmost For His Highest
In this natural life, you only truly know what you have experienced. Martha knew what she had seen Jesus do, but what He was about to do was beyond her imagination. The truth is that God can do more … much more. In this case, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead by the power of God the Father.
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” - Ephesians 3:20-21
What is it in your life that you have accounted as hopeless and even beyond God to resolve? Martha told Jesus what He should have done to prevent Lazarus from dying. She was clueless. She did not realize that Jesus had waited, intentionally. Are you willing to let God do that in your life? To allow a hope, a dream, a circumstance to “die” and trust that God will be glorified through it? I quote songs a lot, but they are often a reflection of a life event. Don Moen wrote a song “God will make a way” “God will make a way Where there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see, He will make a way for me. He will be my guide, Hold me closely to His side. With love and strength for each new day, He will make a way.”
It may not be the road you would have chosen to travel or the solution you would have picked.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:8-9
That is what living by faith is all about. “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Can you trust God in and for everything? Even when things don’t go as you had hoped or planned or imagined? It’s a daily endeavor. We must keep our focus on Jesus and not our circumstances. So to be like Paul, we must be convinced that nothing can separate us from Him.
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:35-39
Jesus is asking us, today “Do you believe this?” We should because it is true!
"Then Jesus told him, Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." - John 20:29
Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.
By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone
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