Awake Sleeper!
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
John 11:25 KJV
As He stood by the grave of His good friend Lazarus, Jesus spoke these words to a weeping sister. These precious, confident, calming, and hopeful words of blessed assurance that have been repeated millions of times over since their very first utterance. In the zenith of her agony what does Jesus do? He turns Martha’s thoughts to Himself … who He is, what He can do, and what He would do, pointing her to the greater hope.
For all of us, we must remember this….that in our greatest agony our thoughts must turn to Him. He is the all-important One for us to know. He, who in the words of Alexander Maclaren, “is the fountain of life in all possible senses of the word!”
Our Lord’s words are not only mighty and powerful but soothing all the same. The mighty Lion of Judah holds us firmly, but safely, in His impenetrable embrace.
“Our friend Lazarus sleeps” were the words Jesus used in explaining to His disciples about His friend’s sickness. He then added, “but I go that I might wake him up.”
I want to be awakened, too.
I want to be awakened to the One who spoke mighty and glorious words about life and light, fulfilling bread and quenchable thirst, unspeakable joy and insurmountable glory!
That’s what I want.
I bet you do, too.
Oh, Lord, send your Holy Spirit so that I, like Lazarus, would be awakened to your mighty presence.
Make it so.
Thank you Larry
Ephesians 5:14
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