Lately, the Lord’s been teaching me in a deeper way to rely totally on the power of the Holy Spirit to reveal truth to me and for everything else in my life. I love it when God speaks these types of lessons to me. They bring me such comfort and strength in Him. They make me realize how beautiful it is to know that apart from Him I can do nothing knowing that, in Him, everything can be accomplished.
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Mark 5:35-42
Ann and I were talking about Psalm 24 this morning. I was reading it very slowly out loud to us. The Holy Spirit was really speaking to us through that passage. That’s when something about Romans 8:28 came to mind.
We, again, compared Romans 8:28 and the way the world tells us to act when something potentially upsetting comes up in our day. The world’s way, the way most of us have been taught to respond while growing up, is to get uptight, to respond in stress, to get frustrated, angry, feel ripped off, lose hope, etc. On the other hand, Jesus says I’ve overcome the world – the way the world acts and lives – so, in Me (Jesus), you don’t have to respond the way the world has taught you to respond. Instead, you can relax and have My peace knowing that I’m working everything, even this situation, for your “good.” Most Christians still do not believe and know that God is working all things together for their good. It can almost seem like they’re afraid to believe it (For decades, which is way too long to live and suffer in unbelief, I was that way.) To them, passages like Romans 8:28, are still out of reach in their spirits. It still takes a lot of faith for them to believe it. This is why they can get upset with anyone who brings up Romans 8:28 during times that challenge their faith in God.
This is when Ann brought up the story of Jairus’ daughter in the Bible as seen above.
Jesus said Jairus’ daughter was not dead, but merely sleeping, and the people their laughed Him to scorn. That’s when Jesus put the people out from where the little girl was. Will we be like Jesus? Will we believe? Or will we join the scorners? When someone tells us to believe Romans 8:28 (and the rest of God’s Word) will we laugh them to scorn, or will be believe it, act on it, and have our sleeping faith revived?
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
Do not be afraid to believe Romans 8:28. Believe it and see your faith wake up and come alive in the power of Jesus like Jairus’ daughter did!
God bless,
Mark