Revelation of the Spirit - #29 Power and Love
"When Lazarus died the crowd of mourners was divided when Jesus wept. Some took it as evidence of how greatly He had loved the man. Others thought it a hypocritical gesture, since one who could heal a blind man certainly could have prevented this man's death.
Jesus did indeed love Lazarus, and Mary and Martha. He could have prevented his death. But certain things, in a broken world, must be allowed to happen. None of the, however, in the hands of a loving and powerful God and Savior, are beyond redeeming. Resurrection is a far greater evidence of the power and love of God than the mere aborting of catastrophies. God, help us to rememberthis triumphant hope when we, too, stand weeping hopelessly."
That was a little bit of my devotional today from Elisabeth Elliott in The Music of His Promise. Love this book. Such lessons to be learned of the Lord everyday. I love the word "love". When I read the word "love" I cannot tell what it does to my heart. It moves me in a way I suppose the Lord designed it to. But this passage Elisabeth talks about moves my heart in the way love does, because the story of Lazarus truely expresses Gods love for us. The moral of that story is sometimes God has to let us die before we can be saved. We have to learn to die of this world, to learn that the things of this world cannot compare to the things the Lord has to offer.
But while we're so to say"dying" you must know that your suffering is not beyond the power and love of the Lord. Anytime we choose to call on His name in our suffering is when we truely begin to understand a part of the Lord we probably haven't before. We begin to understand His sufferings. Most of all we begin to experience a little bit of the relationship between the Father and the Son.
Before I get off on another tangent. Just know how far you may feel from God, no matter how much suffering you think you're in beyond God's reach, know you're not. Know you can call upon His name and through His perfect power and love He reach down to the depths and seat you at the right hand of the throne of God.
In His power and love,
Amen.
Jesus did indeed love Lazarus, and Mary and Martha. He could have prevented his death. But certain things, in a broken world, must be allowed to happen. None of the, however, in the hands of a loving and powerful God and Savior, are beyond redeeming. Resurrection is a far greater evidence of the power and love of God than the mere aborting of catastrophies. God, help us to rememberthis triumphant hope when we, too, stand weeping hopelessly."
That was a little bit of my devotional today from Elisabeth Elliott in The Music of His Promise. Love this book. Such lessons to be learned of the Lord everyday. I love the word "love". When I read the word "love" I cannot tell what it does to my heart. It moves me in a way I suppose the Lord designed it to. But this passage Elisabeth talks about moves my heart in the way love does, because the story of Lazarus truely expresses Gods love for us. The moral of that story is sometimes God has to let us die before we can be saved. We have to learn to die of this world, to learn that the things of this world cannot compare to the things the Lord has to offer.
But while we're so to say"dying" you must know that your suffering is not beyond the power and love of the Lord. Anytime we choose to call on His name in our suffering is when we truely begin to understand a part of the Lord we probably haven't before. We begin to understand His sufferings. Most of all we begin to experience a little bit of the relationship between the Father and the Son.
Before I get off on another tangent. Just know how far you may feel from God, no matter how much suffering you think you're in beyond God's reach, know you're not. Know you can call upon His name and through His perfect power and love He reach down to the depths and seat you at the right hand of the throne of God.
In His power and love,
Amen.
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