Thought of the day:
Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” Reference John 11:43-44 NKJV
Yes this passage talks about Jesus bringing Lazarus back to life. Have you ever reflected on what happened though? When you read the whole chapter, you see that the whole point of what happened was to bring Glory to God. It was not about who Lazarus was or how important he was.
Reflect on this for a bit. Jesus brings life back into our lives by His Death and Resurrection. He does this when we ask Him to be Our Lord and Our Savior. He starts to bring conviction in our lives through the Work of The Holy Spirit. He doesn’t do this to bring condemnation. In fact, the beginning of the book of John talks about He is The Light that shines in our lives to show us how desperately we need His Love to change us. He Shines Light For us to see how we sin and are not truly righteous in God’s Eyes.
Now, thinking about this, are you allowing Jesus to revive you? Are you allowing Him to bring the changes in your life that will shed more light through you? Are you going to respond when He calls you by name to come out of death?
Let His Light Shine in and through you, don’t stay in the grave when He gave you new life.