There are many challenges that face men and women who have committed their lives to building the church. These are the hidden curriculum that you never learn at bible college or at a ministry training college. This week @ Elevation we lost a great man that we had been praying for over an extended period of time. We had special prayer meetings, days of fasting, anointing with oil and yet our good friend still went home to be with Jesus. How do people reconcile this?
I am reminded in Jn 11:1-44 that when Jesus heard about his friend Lazarus being gravely ill the bible tells us that Jesus loved him so much that he waited an extra two days, by then Lazarus was dead, before he went to him.
“Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.” John says that Jesus delayed because he loved them. He loved them all: Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed.” It was his love that let Lazarus die. In these last 16 months, Jesus has not ceased to love this family.
Its easy to feel unloved at moments like these, where is God? But we cant bring God down to our level of experience. He is Lord, He is sovereign and He is in control.
