[Discoveries] 01-03-09 Restoration -- John 11:43

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

"/*Lazarus, come forth." -- John 11:43*/

This is a story that starts with the apparent indifference of God. Jesus 
receives the news that Lazarus is ill. Rather than drop everything and 
rush to his side, Jesus dawdles. He delays while we His friends grow 
frantic, dealing with problems and pain far greater than our ability to 
manage.

Many of us find ourselves right there, bewildered because the God who 
loves us delays.

Then Jesus appears. He pauses. He weeps with us. Now we know that He 
cares. Now we know that God is our friend.

But if the story ended there, then we would lose all hope, because it 
would mean that God is trapped with us in a world gone mad.

But He is not.

What is at the very center of all our pain? What is the one thing that 
we dare not even hope for? (This is, by the way, the challenge for us in 
prayer: Coming up with something audacious enough to befit a triumphant 
God.)

Jesus calls forth the restoration that was beyond our ability to 
imagine. And now we find the place where the tears of God stop, and a 
smile begins.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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