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February 3, 2010 
Only Believe
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"And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore.  Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet; And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.  And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him *from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him].  While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler's house, who said [to Jairus], YOUR DAUGHTER HAS DIED. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further?  *OVERHEARING BUT IGNORING what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; ONLY KEEP ON BELIEVING."  -The Greatest Love Story Ever Told 
 
Do you have faith to believe in what others have given up on?
 
 

Our story portrays a leader desperate for a healing.  Jairus has approached the Master for a "time sensitive miracle;" A miracle for resurrection of his seed, his princess, his heir; of what was most precious in his eyes, his daughter who was at the point of death.

 

And while He is walking with Jesus, watching Him heal and bless everyone else, she dies.

 

What do you do when what you believe God for the most dies without fulfillment?

 

What do you do when it seems like God took too long? 

 

Jairus and his wife had walked with the "promise" for 12 years.  They nurtured it from conception to birth; watched it grow and blossom, and one day, just like that, it was gone.

 

You can almost hear the cynics: "Didn't Jesus know she was at the point of death?  Didn't He know this was urgent and Jairus was on the verge of losing his most valuable possession?

 

So they told Jairus, "Don't bother the Master.  Don't stress yourself praying for this anymore, it's dead; finished; over.  If He cared, He would've come earlier.  Don't waste your time; bury it and move on."

 

Whenever people see dreams or potential die in their lives, a common reaction is to do nothing about it.  The enemy wants to deceive us into thinking that we cannot approach God for lost potential; that our life is subject to or defined by our last defeat.

 

It is not. 

 

In verse 36 it says, "OVERHEARING but IGNORING what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing."

 

It's funny how things that we "hear" can seize us with alarm and strike us with fear and uncertainty.

 

My son was hospitalized recently for several weeks and every day a new doctor had a new diagnosis, prognosis, risk or possible complication to share with us.  After a while, I told the doctors, "Listen, we do nothing from a premise of fear.  Whether we choose this course of treatment or another, our trust does not lie in you; but the Chief Physician who supervises the process.  Now you do what you are experts in and we will let God will do what He is an expert in: PRAYER AND MIRACLES." 

 

Now we are not spiritual nutcases.  We don't dismiss what doctors say or diagnose.  To the contrary, we take their medical expertise as "military intelligence" to pray specifically against whatever is coming against our family.

 

Notice, in our text, Jesus didn't say to Jairus' servants, "Satan, the Lord rebuke you, she is not dead!"  He never denied her death (or condition.)  He overheard them, yet never interrupted what they said.  Too many of us go into denial or remain silent when we hear bad news.  But Jesus simply ignored what they said and told Jairus, "ONLY BELIEVE." 

 

In other words, you will only overcome what people (ex-bosses, critics, family members, co-workers) say, WITH WHAT I SAY.

 

Jesus wanted Jairus to continue believing that even though the "promise" was dead, it could live again.

 

Before she died, Jairus said, "Come and lay Your hands on her (my daughter), so that she may be healed and live."

 

Jesus said, "Even though she is dead, I can still lay my hands on it and command it to live." 

 

RIGHT NOW, to a thousand generations, He is saying:  

  • Your dream can still live
  • Your promise can still live
  • Your ministry can still live
  • Your marriage can still live
  • Your son, daughter, family member or health can still live
  • Your business, passion to lead, write or finish college can live again.
Sometimes God has to allow a dream to die, so He can resurrect it with greater power, authority, favor and blessing. 
 

But Ed, what if the dream is not resurrected?
 

Then He will give you another one.
 
Paul wrote in Phil 3:20:  "But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we *earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior, who will *transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself."

 

God wants to transform our bodies of humiliation and defeat into vessels of honor and conquest.

 

He causes all things that have failed us to conform to His body of glory and majesty with the power to subject everything to Himself.

 

Imagine the scene: Jesus arrives at Jairus' house and sees everyone weeping over the death of the "promise"  and says, "Why do you cry, the girl is just sleeping?"  As their cries turn to scorn and laughter, Jesus puts them all out and firmly grips the little girl's cold, lifeless hand and says to her, "TALITHA CUMI -LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE [*from the sleep of death]!"

 

In other words: "I know what people have spoken over your life; I know people have said, you are finished, defeated, unsuccessful, gone, lifeless, dead, unable to get out of this, but LITTLE GIRL, I SAY TO YOU, ARISE!"

 

And in verse 42, it says:  "And instantly the girl got up and started walking around - for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement."

 

Today, something is going to get up in your life.

 

I command what has died; what has been crippled with death, crippled with doubt, fear and alarm, crippled with hopelessness to get up and start walking.

 

I pray that God astonish and amaze those that were laughing at your faith in your greatest season of loss and paralysis to command the greatest miracle you have ever seen.

 

If you dare to only believe.

 
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