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14 Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, "Young man, I say to you arise." 15 So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother.
16 Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us". 17 And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region.
Compassion will cause you to speak.
From the passage above, Jesus is surrounded by His disciples (by this point many of them) and a large crowd. So you would have followers of Jesus, walking with Him to hear His teaching and those who walked along to see if they might view another miracle.
Here though we also have compassion! He comes along side a large open coffin being carried out no doubt to the place of the tombs.
And in the compassion of Jesus He bids the woman not to "weep". Jesus then reaches and yes, touches the coffin and commands the young man. He gives instruction for him to arise.
The dead man now alive sits up and begins to converse. Boy, does he have a story to tell everyone!
Yes, an adventure had begun. He who was dead was now alive at the word of Jesus.
We are told that fear came upon all and they glorified God saying, "a great prophet has risen up among us."
On mediating on this, I was remembering of an invitation my husband and I got in the last few days to visit this church who has a "guest" who was raised from the dead some time ago! Now we had attended a church for some time, and I do remember this man coming for some services. He appeared at the church in the city and at the church in the country. What I was thinking was why the man's wife had not appeared with him as she was the "faith woman" who prayed him back and Jesus gave Him the boost.
So the woman or woman and friends prayed touching the heart of God, and in Jesus' name....a man was raised!
Now we know that it is "faith " that pleases God, right? So when God is pleased with our faith we too can see the miraculous just like Jesus did!
I asked the Lord this morning, "why is it that the one raised, is the one who travels to tell of his being raised from the dead, and the "faith" person or people who spent the time on their knees are the ones who are not heard of, ever!
Again, while meditating on this early this particular day I happened to see Jesse Du Plantis on Sid Roth's "SUPERNATURAL".
In his relating of testimony of God in his life, he told also of the power of his mother's prayers. He told of an event that captured him greatly!
He liked doing his own thing before being saved. And early in his life, one of them was to travel to a small town in Texas next to the border of Mexico and New Mexico and have a partying time. It was a "bar" area with its' women of the night thing.
He said he and his best friend got to the bar and started drinking right away. The phone rang, and some man called out in a thick Spanish accent for a Jesse....middle name...here..Du Plantis.
He looks thoughtfully at his friend and then wondering who would know he was there and know his middle name as well was calling and he was going to see who knew his whereabouts.
So Jesse marched over to the bar. Still he wondered who would know of his being at this particular place at this particular time, so he stands in front of the man holding the phone!
He says with a questioning voice ......"hello"???..... and from the other end he hears something like a lot like his mother with her strong and bold voice......... calling him a devil, telling him she knows what kind of dive he was in, and why he is in that place and he needed to leave then not later. Or God would put him in hell!
He goes back to the table, gets his friend and leaves. He was concerned that God was going to put him in hell forever! His mother had spoken. His mother had prayed and Jesse Du Plantis told others of how his mother prayed for him and how he walked into a life with God! AND GOD TOLD JESSE'S MOTHER WHERE JESSE WAS PARTYING.
God answers the prayers of the righteous man (or woman). God is pleased by our faith in Him!
So back to those who are raised from the dead, I would rather speak with your wife, or friends who prayed for days for you to rise! I would rather know what they experienced than you who walks. For truly the dead when raised will speak; just look at any new believer in Christ Jesus! The young man in the coffin sat up and spoke. He had much to say after dying, right?
Compassion speaks: It spoke through Jesus and speaks through those who pray for others. Compassion is not measured, it is not by the wishes of anyone. Compassion is the godly fear that arises from the reverent life devoted to God, arises from submission to God and comes from Him who is the perfected, genuine humanity WHO WAS APPOINTED BY GOD! When Jesus is BIG in our life, then we prevail by His word and His example indeed!
We know not the life of the young man in the coffin. BUT we do know Jesus or should know Him. AND Jesus had many encounters with God the Father. Any family member who has pleaded for the life of the other loved one know what it is like and what it takes to persevere in prayer. In the ministry of the priest, one will pray for their fellow man.
We have a living way through Whom we can draw near to God. We are to have the same compassion Jesus carried within Him.
I believe those who walk today being raised from a early death, has been from those who truly had the same compassion as the Savior. They love people! They have mercy for others, extend it to others on a regular basis.
Ask God to use you to pray for others. Ask Him where you can speak life to another and see their purpose manifest for all to see. The widow woman got her son back. She did not have to fear living in the street, for her son with life in him came back to life to help his mother.
In understanding that Jesus had a prayer life, we too are to have a prayer life.
Jesus gave us strength and dignity. If we truly are His, then we wear strength and dignity and in the position of prayer we are the strong and the secure. Compassion will be seen in our land when our hands are extended in prayer, extended to the poor or to the needy. (whether in body, soul or spirit)
Father,
in Jesus' name we pray our lives will always carry Your presence and Your
tangible anointing. With YOUR anointing, all things are possible to the
believer. We pray and expect to be the wise who values all that YOU
accomplished at the Cross. We value YOUR presence above all else.
Father we desire to be those who will gird ourselves with Your word for spiritual strength, for mental strength and for physical strength as well.
Today, we believe and expect to be
that "one" who will move and give the Word of God, that will empower them to be refreshed and
keep them from the wiles of the enemy. Help us to see where others may be carrying out someone to the tombs for burial when their purpose has not been manifested. Help us to see when prayer is needed to help others spiritually by prayer and then touch them with Your words of truth!
Thank
You for that Word! We want to carry Your presence to the world so they can know
You like we know YOU. To God be all the
glory. Amen.
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