Today's Scripture
TODAY’S READING SCHEDULE: Ezekiel 16-17; John 11:30-57
Jesus began to cry – John 11:30-44
30 He hadn’t entered the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave, they followed her. They assumed she was going to mourn at the tomb.
32 When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her crying and the Jews who had come with her crying also, he was deeply disturbed and troubled. 34 He asked, “Where have you laid him?”
They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus began to cry. 36 The Jews said, “See how much he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “He healed the eyes of the man born blind. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was deeply disturbed again when he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone covered the entrance. 39 Jesus said, “Remove the stone.”
Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, “Lord, the smell will be awful! He’s been dead four days.”
40 Jesus replied, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God’s glory?” 41 So they removed the stone. Jesus looked up and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42 I know you always hear me. I say this for the benefit of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.” 43 Having said this, Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his feet bound and his hands tied, and his face covered with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
What does this passage mean to me/us?
Jesus finally arrives at the home of Lazarus, but Lazarus is already dead. While he approached the tomb, where Lazarus laid, it says that Jesus began to cry.
Why did he cry? Was he crying because he came too late? No, we see how Jesus can overturn the dead. I believe Jesus wept because he was empathetic to the pain we all go through as a human.
No one is free from the pain in this world, no matter how close we might be in our relationship with Christ. However, we know that we belong to Jesus, our Lord, who not only emphasize our pian, understand it but has the power to overturn the pain to praise.
How do you see Jesus’ heart going after you today?
Prayer
Lord, reveal your truth in our lives. Help us to follow you ways. In Christ name we pray, Amen.
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