The Lord Wakes His Own

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter
40Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, 42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. 43And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians,[e] she could not be healed by anyone. 44She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 45And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter[f] said, "Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!" 46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me." 47And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." 49While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more." 50But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well." 51And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. 52And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping." 53And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54But taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child, arise." 55And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat. 56And her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.

What a great blessing today's assigned reading was to me. This is a great passage of scripture. Jesus' waking of Jarius' daughter is much like our own salvation experience. Think brethren, we are all dead in our sin and unworthy in the sight of God. And by no means, can a dead man bring himself backe to life. The same goes for us spiritually, if we are born spiritually dead then it takes something supernatural, just as it took something supernatural with Jarius' daughter, to wake us. Salvation is of the Lord the psalmist tells us... this can only mean one thing it is God who saves man who is spiritually man, who is spiritually dead. Thank God for saving men daily and for the precious work he does in our lives. May he continue to save men through his powerful word as it is spread by his disciples, and may he bless the lives of all who hear it.