Day 66 - John 11:17-27

17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. 18 Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss. 20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.”

Terrie's Comments:

This situation must have had the battle between the spirit and the flesh raging in Jesus.  Lazarus was dead... he had been dead for 4 days!  He stunk already!  I wonder why Mary stayed home?  It is interesting that we see Martha coming out to meet Jesus and declaring her faith in Him as the Messiah.  In another place in scripture we see that Mary is the one sitting at the feet of Jesus and Martha is the one busy with the household business.  I think this is significant.  We can all be brought to Jesus in our own way in in our own time.  He is more than able to bring everyone to that place!  

Tori's Comments:

Wow! Verse 22 is SO impactful. Even when it seems like our prayers bounce off the roof, we can know that God is faithful to His word and His character.  It's days after, but instead of getting angry with God, Martha trusts in Jesus.

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