JESUS WEPT

JOHN 11:28-37

After Martha said this, she went back and called her sister Mary privately. “The Teacher is here.” She told her, and asking for you.” When Mary heard this, she got up and hurried out to meet him. (Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him). The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her, followed her when they thought that she was going to the grave to weep there.

 

Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. “Lord,” she said, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died!”

Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people who were with her were weeping also, his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved. “Where have you buried him.” He asked them.

 “Come and see, Lord,” they answered, Jesus wept. “See how much he loved him!” the people said. But some of them said, “He gave sight to the blind man, didn’t he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?”

Lord Jesus Christ draw me closer to you.  Each time I go away from your presence by disobedience to your word, your compassionate heart weeps. Your heart weeps because you do not want me to perish. Help me Lord to keep a closer walk with thee. Be with me LORD.

JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE JOHN 11:17-27

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before. Bethany was less than three kilometers from Jerusalem, and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them over their brother’s death.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. Martha said to Jesus, “If you had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died! But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for.”

“Your brother will rise to life.” Jesus told her. “I know” she replied, “that he will rise to life on the last day.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die, and all those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

“Yes, Lord!” she answered, “I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Lord Jesus Christ,your name is Emmanuel. Sometimes in my challenges I fail to realize that you are ever near. You speak to me each moment giving me your words of assurance, most times I am deaf because I am engrossed in my trials. Quiet my Spirit, so that I may hear your voice clearly and be rooted in your comforting words.