“23Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ 24Martha said to him, ‘I know that he will rise again in the resurrection the last day.’ 25Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the live. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’ 27She said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.’” – John 11:23-27 (ESV)
Martha understood that her brother Lazarus had died, she also believed that he would rise again as he was a believer in Christ. She was certainly sad that Lazarus had passed and earlier in the scripture passage she even exclaims to Jesus that if He had been there sooner, before the passing, He could have saved Lazarus from death.
When reading the verses, I can see that as Jesus speaks of death, He speaks of spiritual death as opposed to the physical death we attribute. Again, Jesus demonstrates His spiritual perspective and explains that this world is only temporary. My future, should I choose, is eternal and that spiritual death will not come as I fully believe and live in and as Christ.
I am a believer and this passage reminds me of that belief. As I continue to believe, I must also grow in that belief. I will be doing the work of Christ and in doing so, I will strengthen my belief in order that I can grow more peaceful here in this world as I wait for my time to meet my Lord and Savior face to face.
How strong is your belief? Are you working here for Christ? Are you growing more peaceful here in this world as your belief grows stronger?
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