A Poerful Two-letter Word

 

I’m Duane Matz and welcome to Today’s Living Word.

Joh 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.  6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

So. A teeny two letter word that packs a wallop! And I hope this two-letter word found here in John will help all of us when we struggle unanswered or delayed answers to our prayers.

Think of what is being said here! The word “so” means “because.” Because  Jesus loved, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, He dropped everything He was doing and rushed to their side to heal Lazarus of his deadly disease. Is that what HE did? Or did HE hear of his terminal illness and just snapped His fingers, and commanded it to depart from him. Is that what He did?

 

He certainly could have done these things, but BECAUSE he loved them, He delayed for two full days; He allowed Lazarus to die! And in that delay, He taught them and us, the ultimate lesson to learn while travelling this sod. "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. (Jn 11:25) That truth alone should shore us up whenever difficulties come our way!

SO, because we are confident of Jesus’ love for us, indeed we, like Mary and Martha,  send word to Him of whate’er befalls us, and then we simply trust in that love to give us His perfect answers. Those answers can be summed up in three ways. Yes, No, or not yet. No matter how He answers we have the assurance of His love for us and in the long run, the blessed hope of eternal life! Though we may die, we shall live. So pray my friend!  He hears you! He loves you! He will answer in perfect compliance with His will, a will that is wrapped up in His love for you. perfectly!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word.