41, So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
After placing many stumbling blocks in the way of Christ as He was determined to perform a miracle at the funeral grounds. And the stumbling block is their lack of faith that God can still bring a miracle even when all hope is gone. Martha finally yielded in obedience to the rebuke of the Lord to take Him to the tomb of Lazarus and remove the stone in front of the tomb.
As clearly indicated above Martha finally was obedience to the voice of God and allowed herself to trust the Lord and what He wanted to do as evidence by finally allowing the stone in front of the tomb to be finally remove for the Lord to do what seems virtually impossible.
Insight
The believer equally has to realize as the face the difficulties of life and also the uncertainties this life brings. And sometimes these trials as much as it might look impossible and there is no way out for the believer, and it looks like it is the end of the believer life. Instead of the believing throwing in the towel in doubt and feeling abandon and that God does not love him or her and equally God cannot perform a miracle and make a way where there seems no way, just as Martha was behaving earlier.
The believer should rather just be obedient like Martha and the people who were obedient and went ahead and remove the stone as instructed by the Lord. The lesson here is the believer should just believe what the Lord has said concerning his or her situation. And not doubt but just believe the word of God.
A prime example is Helene is been going through a very difficult time as she just lost her job through a recent health care crisis. And her grandson keeps getting into trouble and in and out of rehab. And these series of events has made her feel the end is closing in on her. Fortunately for her she was reading her bible one quite Friday, and the Spirit spoke to her from 1 John 5:4 as seen below:
Verse 4, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
As she read these scriptures, she decided not to let her circumstances determine how she lives but rather will trust the Lord word and present her problems to the Lord for help. And since then she has entrusted everything which is going on in her life to the Lord for help, deliverance and restoration. And with this decision is learning to trust the Lord with her very life.
Every person has to realize this is what the love and care of Christ is demanding from the believer to just trust the Lord and not worry and rather let their circumstances cause them to doubt. His love and care demand complete trust from all who have put and giving their life to Him. And the trust is to place hope in His word knowing that victory has already been guaranteed in Christ. So today as a believer just trust Christ and do what His word is saying concerning your situation and do not doubt.
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