«While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, «Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?» (Mark 5:35).
WHILE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE,» said Cicero, the renowned Roman orator. However, according to today’s text, the daughter of Jairus, the head of the synagogue, had already died. Why continue bothering the Master?
Early that very day, Jairus had gone out to find Jesus and when he found Him, he begged him on his knees to heal his daughter, his only child who was only twelve years old (see Luke 8:42). Just the act of asking the Lord for help revealed how desperate Jairus really was, because by then, the Pharisees had begun to plot «with the Herodians . . . how they might destroy Him» (Mark 3:6). They were conspiring because Jesus had healed a man with a paralyzed hand on the Sabbath in the synagogue (Mark 3:1—6). And Jairus was, in fact, a high official in a synagogue.
Risking his high position in the community, Jairus turned to Jesus, but just as Jesus was on His way to Jairus’s house, He was stopped by the touch of a woman suffering from a hemorrhage (see Mark 5:25—34). We don’t know how long it took for the Lord to talk to the sick woman, but at some point in those precious minutes, the girl died. Now what could Jairus do? He had come for Jesus to heal his sick child, not to resurrect her.
«Your daughter is dead,» the messengers said.
These words were still reverberating in his mind when he heard Jesus say, «Do not be afraid; only believe» (Mark 5:36).
As we can infer from the Greek verb tense, what the Lord told him was this: «Keep on believing.» Jairus had already shown faith by going to Jesus, but now he had to keep on believing. The story says that when they arrived at Jairus’s house, Jesus «entered where the child was lying. Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, ‘Talitha, cumi,’ which is translated, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise.’ Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement» (Mark 5:40—42).
Is there a lesson here for us? Of course, there is! That lesson is made clear by Warren W. Wiersbe when he writes that when the world seems to collapse around us, all we have to do is cling to God’s promises.
In other words, we need to keep on believing, despite all evidence to the contrary!
Dear Jesus, when everything around me is falling apart, and it seems that there are no answers to my prayers, please help me continue to believe in Your precious promises.
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Taken from: Devotional Readings for Adults 2022
“GREAT IS OUR GOD!”
From: FERNANDO ZABALA
Colaboradores: Xiomara Perdomo & Angelica Cuate
