John 11 - Trust In God

“1Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. 3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."
4When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it." 5Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.

Man what a tough but totally God-trusting decision. Jesus loved Lazarus, so much so that later in the chapter the Bible said that Jesus wept for Lazarus. Also, Jesus knew that if He went to Lazarus immediately, He could heal him and keep Lazarus from dying. However, Jesus also knew that, if He did that, it would take away from God’s glory. You see, Jesus had already healed so many, Lazarus would just be “another number”, but raising him from the dead would be an awesome testament to the power and glory of God! Therefore, even though Jesus loved Lazarus and didn’t want him or his loved ones to suffer, Jesus had to wait two more days for Lazarus to die, so he may be raised from the dead, showing the glory of God. I’m sure it was emotionally tough, but Jesus was determined that God the Father’s will be done.

We face similar situations in our own lives, where we feel as we’re being led by the Holy Spirit to “wait” or “not help” in a situation where our human instinct is screaming at us to “go” or “get involved”. We must follow Jesus’ example and fully place our trust in God. If He is telling us to “wait” then He has better things in store for His ultimate plan. To disobey and follow our “human instinct” would be far more detrimental, so we must fight the urge, obey the Spirit, and trust in God alone; for His plan is infinitely better than what we could come up with, amen?!