John 11:1-4
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Tag: God’s Timing Is Not Our Timing
When Jesus heard that Lazarus was ill he did not right away leave to heal them. Note what the next couple of verses say:
John 11:5-6
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
When we make a request of Christ (Mary and Martha had asked Jesus to come), we don’t always realize what God is doing. In the above case, we see that God had a special miracle planned. If Mary and Martha had their way, they would have had their brother healed, but not raised from the dead. It is amazing that we want to see spectacular miracles by God but we don’t want to wait for the situation to be the most dire to actually see it. The nation of Israel had their backs up against the wall when the Red Sea was parted by the power of God via Moses’ staff. Daniel was in the lions den before the Lord could rescue him from it. The three Hebrew boys were tossed into the fire before they could come out of the fire, not even smelling like fire. God always rescues us. We have to wait until the situation is at its worse to see Him save us the most. Our timing is not God’s timing. He has a purpose. In case of the blind mine, he had to be blind for some time before Christ would heal him (but all for God’s glory):
John 9:1-3
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
We always want the miracle to come at our timing and in our manner. God has a different purpose. Wait patiently for His purpose and you will see a great miracle.
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