{"id":4886,"date":"2013-12-30T00:05:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T08:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2013-12-29T23:22:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T07:22:15","slug":"gods-will-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2013\/12\/30\/gods-will-2\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Martha had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, \u201cThe Teacher is here and is calling for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAnd when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him.<\/p>\n

\tNow Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.<\/p>\n

\tThen the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
\n\tTherefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, \u201cLord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWhen Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d They said to Him, \u201cLord, come and see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tJesus wept.<\/p>\n

\tSo the Jews were saying, \u201cSee how He loved him!\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBut some of them said, \u201cCould not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?\u201d (John 11:28\u201337)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tThe best thing for you may turn out to be very unpleasant. Jesus\u2019 will for Lazarus was that he get sick and die. Jesus\u2019 will for his friends and relatives was that they experience grief. \tWhy? To bring glory to God. There is more to our lives than just us. And even if it is all for the best, the pain is no less intense. <\/p>\n

\tAfter Jesus learned where Lazarus had been placed, in the shortest verse of the Bible, we learn that he cried. Why did Jesus cry when he knew Lazarus would be alive so soon? Jesus cried over the death of Lazarus for the same reason any human being has ever cried over the death of a loved one.<\/p>\n

\tChristians find it easy to think of Jesus as God. Too often, we have trouble accepting the fact that he was also human. Jesus laughed and Jesus cried, for the same reasons that any human being laughs or cries.<\/p>\n

\tThe death of Lazarus and Jesus\u2019 interactions with the mourners gives us added insight into the heart of Jesus: we get to know Jesus not just in the words he spoke, but also in his tears, no different from the ones we shed in our darkest hours. Like Jesus, we know that the resurrection is coming. But like Jesus, we still must cry. <\/p>\n

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