Do You Trust Him?

John 11: 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

So many who read this verse are like the crowd standing there that day.  They saw that Christ cried and moaned with great sorrow and thought his tears came from mourning the death of his dear friend.  Yet, Christ knew before He ever arrived that He was going to raise Lazarus from the dead and that this had been perfectly orchestrated and planned down to the moment so that the Glory of God might be manifested.  So, He could not have been mourning for Lazarus.  He didn’t change His mind because of sorrow and the sorrow of the people He loved.  He came there to raise Lazarus,  He had already said so many times John 11: 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.  Because He loved them, He had waited. The custom was that after 3 days it was certain beyond recovery that a person was really dead.  There would be no question of the reality of the miracle or the gift He was bringing.  I daresay, Christ wept because He was standing there, bringing the greatest gift of all and no one trusted Him or believed Him; though He had tried to tell them.  How often when I have laid before Him with tears pouring down my face because I could not believe that He was enough to fill my heart; has He wept for me?  How often He has reached out to comfort me with His heart aching; because my faith was too little to trust Him? He so wants me to understand that His love is so overwhelming for me that I can trust that whatever comes into my life is what is the very best for me.  No matter what the circumstances, I will trust His heart and if I trust His heart; then I will have peace and joy in the darkest valleys of my life.  Do you trust Him?

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