Good Assumptions

I identified with Jarius when I read his story this morning in Mark 5.

(Especially after hearing about some excitement Susan experienced in the Big Apple yesterday.)

My imagination can work overtime, and I can't wait until she's back home here on the farm, facing aggressive roosters, snakes, and driving around in the gator like a wild woman.
She is 14. Only two years older than Jarius' daughter.

I want God to protect her life
just as Jarius wanted to protect his daughter from death.

Jarius was a leader in the synagogue.
He came to Jesus and said,
"My little girl is sick and about to die.
Come and lay Your hands on her,
that she may be healed,
and she will live."

And Jesus went with him
as did a multitude of others.

Along the way, there were interruptions.

A woman was healed when she touched
Jesus' robe and He stopped to talk with
her for awhile.
Then someone came and told Jarius
that his daughter had died
and that he shouldn't
bother Jesus anymore.

But Jesus turned to Jarius and said,
"Don't be afraid.
Only believe."

And He continued on to Jarius' house
and healed his little girl.
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Jarius was clear in what he wanted.
He was desperate.

Come.
Lay hands on my daughter.
So she may be healed.
And live.

I love that Jarius assumed that Jesus
would go with him.

We should assume that Jesus
will go with us.

He may not get there as quickly
as we had hoped.

It may look like other's needs
are more important than ours.

Our world may crumble before
He arrives.

But if we've asked Him to come
we should assume that He will,
no matter how things appear
to the contrary.

We should hold on to His eternal words
spoken to Jarius; spoken to us,
"Don't be afraid. Only believe."
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Psalm 138:8~
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord,
endures forever.
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.