It must have been quite a sight! The crowds swarmed around Jesus. There was an atmosphere of expectation.But, suddenly there he was...what a surprise: Jairus, the synagogue ruler was right down there on the ground at Jesus' feet! All sophistication and prestigeabandoned, this man is desperately pleading with Jesus to come to his house to heal his ailing daughter who is in the terminal stage of a ravishing fever. Jesus consents to come and begins to move in the direction of the need. This passage in Luke 8:40-56 is filled with surprises! Suddenly the divine momentum is interrupted by a hand straining through the crowd to touch Jesus. He stops! Divine power is released and the woman is healed!

Rarely do we preach these two stories together, but indeed, in reality they are woven into one. While we celebrate with the bold and daring woman who receives her miracle, we have to ask: "What about Jairus?" How was it for him when suddenly the divine momentum moving in the direction of his need stops! After all, it was his desperate pleading that put Jesus on the pathway in proximity of the woman! And, remember: time is of essence. The little girl is dying! Could not the miracle for the woman have waited even a few more hours? She's been sick for 12 years and that's the exact number of years the little girl has lived! Jairus' worst fears are confirmed. While Jesus is engaged in what might have been a somewhat lengthy interview with the woman, the servant arrives to tell Jairus his daughter has died. Now, it's too late for a miracle of healing. Oh, oh. We now have something worse then divine momentum being interrupted and delayed. We seem to have a circumstance of divine miscalculation!What is Jairus to do? What is Jairus to think about Jesus? How do we feel when we pray and someone else gets the miracle? What are we to conclude when we have desperate expectation but another individual or church or ministry has their breakthrough and our situation only gets worse? I have good news for Jairus and for all of us who are persevering in faith and expectation: "The One who healed that woman is on His way to your house!"

The passage above in Hebrews 10 is all about perseverance but has a most significant "and" in the text which links my perseverance with my interaction with others around me. Jairus found out what can be our wonderful discovery: there's more than enough in our wonderful God to meet all of our expectations. Someone else's miracle doesn't deplete God's supply for me! Key to pressing all the way to the receiving of the promise is allowing someone else's victory to spur me on...If I have a distorted image of God as One who gives preferred treatment to some or who is a God of limitation then I am at risk when someone else is blessed! However, just ask Jairus: there's sufficient power and willingness of our God to heal the desperate woman and restore life to his situation! Don't become discouraged by someone else's blessing. Don't revert to any lies about your God's faithfulness and capacity to fulfill His promise to you! Be assured, the One who has just blessed someone else is on His way to your house!

With rejoicing,
Rev. Peggy I. Kennedy

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