SCRIPTURE READING: LUKE 8: 41-56
FOCUS: “And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.” (Luke 8: 52)
MEMORY VERSE: “When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.” (Psalm 126: 1)
When Jesus showed up at the home of Jairus, and saw the people who wailed because of the death of Jairus’ daughter, He declared to them that she was not dead, but asleep. People in Jairus’ house believed that what happened was final, but Jesus showed up and told them that the situation was not final yet. Jesus showed up and proclaimed that something could still happen. Jesus showed up and declared that it was not over.
Friend, when Jesus shows up, nothing is ever final. When Jesus shows up, closed chapters are reopened. When Jesus shows up, what seems like that end of the road can become the beginning of a new season. When Jesus shows up, dead situations can come back to life. When Jesus shows up, everything turns around. When Jesus shows up, where men already gave up becomes a platform for the new to emerge.
They cried because the daughter of Jairus was dead, but Jesus declared that she was sleeping. They thought the situation was permanent, but Jesus said it was temporary. Where men say that your misfortune is permanent, El Roi says that it is temporary. Where men say that your chapter is closed, El Roi says that it is about to open again. Where men say that your battles have come to stay, El Roi says they are soon to end.
When God shows up, nothing is ever final. When El Roi shows up, no doctor’s report is final; when El Roi shows up, no negativity is eternal; when El Roi shows up, no gate of hell reigns supreme; when El Roi shows up, no verdict of men or of the enemy is final; when El Roi shows up, what seems final is only but a raw material for a fresh manifestation of the wonders of God. When El Roi shows up, a mighty turnaround is just by the corner.
Welcome to that season where everything that seems permanent or final, will be turned around. Welcome to that season where permanent battles will crumble like a park of cards.
FURTHER READING: PSALM 126
DECLARATION:
- Whatever seems like a permanent struggle is turning around for my good, in Jesus’ name!