Luke 8:49 says, While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. While Jesus was speaking to the woman, someone came from the leader of the synagogue’s house that Jesus was on His way to so that He could heal the man's daughter and told the synagogue leader that his daughter was dead. It would have seemed that Jesus was too late. Sometimes, when we are asking God for something, it may seem that He is too late to help us, but we must remember that as followers of Christ everlasting victory is already ours. Verse fifty adds, But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. Jesus told the synagogue leader to not be afraid, but to only believe in Him, and his daughter would be made whole. Basically, the man could choose to believe what the messenger said was the facts based on physical evidence, or he could believe Jesus by faith. We today can either believe whet material facts seem to prove, or we can put our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord and be made spiritually whole. Verse fifty-one states, And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. When Jesus got to the house, Peter, James, John, and the girl's parents got to go in with Him. As followers of Christ, we are not all called into the same situation. The other disciples might have wondered why they were excluded, but if they were truly following Christ, they should not have. Verse fifty-two adds, And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. Everyone was weeping and wailing, because they believed the girl to be dead. We may look and a situation today and weep and wail because we are looking at what we see to be the facts and not to God by faith. Jesus told them not to weep, because the girl was only asleep. As yet, there was no proof of this fact. We have to put our faith in God no matter what the physical evidence may seem to say is the truth. Verse fifty-three says, And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. This crowd either overheard Jesus and laughed at Him with scorn because they thought they knew more than He did, or He spoke out to them from the house. The other possibility is that the three disciples and the parents were acting this way, and the next verse seems to bear this out. We may be close to Jesus and at times still allow what we see to be the facts keep us from putting our faith in Him. Verse fifty-four adds, And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. Jesus put the ones He had called in to the house with Him outside once more, then He took the girl by the hand and told her to arise. We may miss out on seeing a miracle if we fail to follow Jesus by faith no matter what the situation may seem to tell us iscthe truth. Verse fifty-five states, And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. The girls spirit returned to her, because when she died it departed, and she arose. We may not witness a physical resurrection of any from the dead, but when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, an even greater resurrection occurs, and that is a special resurrection whereby we are made well with God. We need to arise when this happens and start feasting on His word. Verse fifty-six adds, And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. The parents of the girl were astonished, but Jesus told them not to tell anyone. We today should be astonished when we are resurrected spiritually, but unlike the girl's parents then, we are told to tell everyone when we accept salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. A physical healing here, even a restoration to this physical life, is always temporary, but salvation lasts forever.
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