I won't actually blame anyone that misses it at that point because it is not always easy to wait. But experience has taught me that anytime we present our needs to God and God assures us of His positive response to our needs, it is worth it for us to wait.
God through His Spirit made me to understand that we always fall out because of distractions that we see when He is on His way to give us what we have requested for.
Let us take a look at Mark 5:21-42.
This is a story we all know very well. It about Jairus a leader of a synagogue.
HIS REQUEST:
Jairus came to Jesus Christ and requested that Jesus Christ follow him to his house to lay his hand upon his 12years old sick daughter. Of which Jesus obliged him.
I know that you who is reading this post or writeup has made many requests to God in the time past. I am sure that some of you just finished making a request to God few minutes ago before you started reading this. The way Jesus agreed to go with Jairus to his house is how He has agreed to meet you at the point of your need. In Jesus name. Amen.
Many of us always shout amen and jump up when a declaration is made upon our head from the pulpit in response to our prayer and heart desire. But soon we tend to become melancholic when we have not seen what we shouted hallelujah and amen for.
Our attitude at times makes it look as if God has lied or if the person whom He used to make that pronouncement is lying. But the truth is that God does not lie and the person whom God used to make that pronouncement didn't also lie.
The simple thing that happen is that the space between the time of our request and our actual receiving of our request is always filled with distractions. At that point we always lose focus.
BACK TO JAIRUS:
As Jesus was on His way to Jairus' house, two things happened in quick succession. The first thing that happened was a positive distraction which occoured when a woman who had been sick for 12years with a hemorrhage (24-32 The Living Bible) touched His cloth which produced her instant healing.
This type of miracle can also be a negative distraction to some of us. Imagine you have been waiting on God to release the answer to a promise He has made to you and out of the blues someone else who is not even as strong as you are in the Christian faith (as you think) just got a miracle even without praying about it as seriously as you have done.
The first thing that will come to your mind once you hear the testimony is God is either partial or He doesn't exist. The truth is God is neither partial nor a lying. But He does things in His own time not according to our own. He knows when best to respond to our heart cry. He knows when if He gives us what we are asking for the ovation will be highest.
God does not just things for doing sake. He is not one jobless god that has to do something anyhow to remain relevant. No! That not the God I know and serve.
What God has planned to do with the miracle He will perform in your life is to use it to shake your family. He wants to use it to make noise in your area. He wants that miracles to make headline news. Don't be distracted because all your mates seem to have gone far and higher than you. Relax trust God and watch Him shoot you like a missile.
The second thing that happened was when Jairus servants came to tell him not trouble Jesus any longer because the girl has died (35). These people that came with this information presented themselves as people who care so much about both Jairus and Jesus. But in the real sense of it they are harbingers of evil news and distractions to Jairus' miracle.
Everyday in our journey of life we meet these men and women on our way. They are always people close to us. People we trust and people who claim to love us. They present themselves as people whom God has brought around us for succour and favour while they are the people who have been blocking us from seeing the fullness of God's love in our lives. They will sympathize with us to the extent we forget God and His promises for us. Sometimes these people looks more Christian than us.
As you read this piece take time to think about those around you. Have you mate this kind of people before? Are they in your life right now.
These people are too strong for you to handle. You can't fight them off. You can't run or walk away from them. But what I am sure of is that Jesus Christ knows how to do away with them, and He will help you do away with them off your life. Amen.
DON'T BE AFRAID, JUST TRUST ME.
In verse 36 (The Living Bible) the Bible says, jesus ignored them and turned to Jairus and said "don't be afraid, just true me."
This day I am here to remind you that same thing Jesus told Jairus. Don't be afraid, just trust Jesus He will see you through.
Jesus went to his house and raise his daughter.
Friend trust God and He will not let you cry more than necessary...
Onuigwe Chidi Sirnoel
