I Raise a Child from the Dead

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

September 10, 2019

I Raise a Child from the Dead

Page 101

Luke 7:11-17

As I read of Jesus raising the young boy from the dead, my mind is flooded with recollections of God’s compassion and mercy for His people:

“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book” (Psalm 56:8).

“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning” (Lamentations 3:22-23).

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV).

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want . . . Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me . . . Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever (Psalm 23:1, 4, 6 KJV).

The story of Jesus raising the young boy from the dead stands in sharp contrast to the healing of the Centurion’s servant. Before sending forth his power to heal the servant, Jesus said “I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!” (Matthew 8:10). However in today’s passage, no one spoke, or even acknowledged Jesus before he said, “Don’t cry!” to the woman. “Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up” (Luke 7:14).

God knows our needs before we ask. When we are overwhelmed and cannot pray, the Holy Spirit intercedes and prays for us. (See Matthew 6:8 and Romans 8:26-29)

My Takeaway: I invite you to join me in this devotional exercise. What do I identify as my greatest fear? (You do the same) Let’s take a moment and concentrate on our fear and feel our anxiety. Now, in our mind’s eye look up and see Jesus walking to us. See him sit next to us. With his presence so close to us, let’s erase any preconceived notions we have about our fear and drop any assumptions we may have about what Jesus may say about our fear, or what he may do. Let’s sit quietly in his presence and listen for the Spirit to speak to our soul.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

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Publications by Alex M. Knight:

• Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

• The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

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