Why do we so often think we know better than God? I thought the only way we were going to get to Austin was to sell our house. I saw no other way. I was blinded by my circumstances. Unfortunately, many times we try and figure out our "perfect" future and then pray for God to act in that direction.
In the book of John, after Lazarus died, Martha came to Jesus and wanted to know why He hadn't been there when he died? She was mad because she knew that if he had been there he would have saved Lazarus. She had faith for that. We know she had told Jesus she believed he was the Savior of the world! Yet, later in the story, Jesus is moved to tears and goes to see Lazarus at the tomb. Martha follows close behind and when they arrive she warns him, "don't open that tomb, he's gonna stink!!" Are you kidding me? The messiah, whom she believes and adores, is at the tomb of her brother and this is her response? Her eyes have strayed to the physical elements surrounding her. She is stuck . Her "perfect" future didn't happen. She wanted Jesus to save Lazarus before death. She could not conceive in that moment that Jesus would do something far beyond her idea of "perfect". She was so focused on the fact that Jesus had not met her on her terms that she almost ruins the moment! In the end Jesus did something far more amazing and God-glorifying than only saving Lazarus from possible death. He rescued him from death itself...Oh for faith to see the impossible happen in Austin! People to be rescued from death itself. Andrea
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