![]() ![]() What does Jesus do? Immediately go to the grave and raise Lazarus? By no means. Jesus, the Master, means nothing to her now, right now, It's too late. She has nothing now, in and for the present. Martha believes that Lazarus will rise from the grave some day, in that final day. Their faith in Christ means something and will take on added meaning in the future. But aren't we all like that so often, and altogether too much?īut the two sisters have still another problem. Martha and Mary are like that here, even though they no doubt were Christians. And they call that religion! And they consider themselves to be religious. Such people use the Lord, and that almost exclusively for themselves. Someone once said, "He's like a handy man around the house." We like to have Him near when we need Him. Otherwise they can get along quite well without Him. They look for Jesus, pray to Him when they need Him for some physical help. He would have meant so much to them if He had been there and helped them physically by healing their seriously ill brother. A Savior who is absent from them physically really means little or nothing to them. Jesus the Master, means something to them and would have meant a lot to them, only when He is physically near. If has to do with the hypothetical, the conditional, that which is uncertain. The If implies that they had no peace or comfort at that time, and they don't have it now. First of all, there was that problem of the "if." If only Jesus had been there, when Lazarus was so sick. ![]() As all Christians do when they lack faith. How Martha and Mary must have been looking and waiting for Him! But He just didn't come. He tarries, to the confusion of the disciples. A messenger, likely a "runner," is sent out, with haste, urging Christ to come at once. Of course, they couldn't give the Lord a telephone call urging Him to come immediately, nor drive out there to get Him. And the Master is far away in Perea, some 40-50 miles east. And though he may have been better one day than another, his over-all condition is worsening. A deep relationship of friendship had been established. Here He likely could relax after a busy schedule. These two sisters and their brother Lazarus were special friends of our Lord. But right now they had very little peace.Įvery one acquainted with the Bible knows the story so well. Martha and Mary, however, didn't have much of it at this present time, even though they did have some peace of mind and heart regarding the resurrection of their brother in the future. Everybody needs comfort and security! And we need it today, as well as tomorrow. ![]()
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