'But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee' (John 11:22).
The story of Lazarus is one that is well known. This family were friends of Jesus, whom he loved dearly, and consisted of Martha, Mary and their brother Lazarus. The message of Lazarus sickness was sent to Jesus who didn't come straight away but arrived four days after Lazarus was dead and buried. Whilst in a conversation with his disciples, regarding Lazarus, Jesus alluded to the fact that Lazarus was asleep and he was going to Bethany to awake him. But the disciples misunderstood Jesus' statement and thought Lazarus was truly sleeping as normal. Then Jesus came straight our and said, "Lazarus is dead." When Jesus caught up with Martha, she was frustrated and grieved. Even though she was in this emotional state, she trusted Jesus to make things right. She said unto Him, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died, but I know, that even now whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee" (John11:21,22). She wasn't criticising Jesus for not being there, but affirming that she trust him to the utmost. Sometimes in our own life experiences, especially losing someone, we get angry with God, and some people even walked away from Him. When we lost a love one, our emotions can be all over the place. It seems as if you can't get pass that void it places in your heart of missing the person. But like Martha, in her grief, she was trusting God to take control of the situation. All we need to do is to trust Jesus, and go to him in faith with whatever our problems are and wait on his outcome. Jesus too had experience pain nd sufferings and can easily relate to us and our situations. He expressed his sorrow for their pain and wept for his friend, Lazarus. He brings comfort to them and all who will come to Him with their hurt and grief. Let us too like Jesus, reach out to others in their times of need. Let them know we are there and praying for them. Let us also pray with them and encourage them to trust God in these difficult times, that God hears and will answer their prayers. Let us trust that whatsoever Jesus asked of His Father, He will received; and what we asked of Christ, he promised to give us. When we ask, let us not doubt, but totally trust Christ.
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and...
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