Jesus Cares

 

Their daughter had just died and they were not laughing.  Their neighbors were though, at Jesus, who had told them the girl was asleep, not dead.

Was this supposed to give comfort?!  Hope?  Jairus and his wife had implored Jesus to come when she was only ...

 "... at the point of death ..." 

when there was still hope.  Now what could be done except to bury her!

But then, maybe, just maybe there was that glimmer of hope.  They'd summoned Jesus earlier so they'd expressed a glimmer or more of faith as well.

It seems when we are at our most desperate state, when all else fails, then we implore Jesus' help. Jesus is willing to come.  In this case, it looked like Jesus was too late or maybe didn't care about the young girl.  But when he finally arrived at the house He did raise Jairus' daughter from the dead.  Her parents were ...

 "... overcome with amazement". 

When the disciples had been in the boat and a great storm, the like of which they'd never seen before, battered and assaulted them, they woke Jesus in their desparate, terrified state.  But what had they hoped for?

Jesus calmed the wind and waves with a command,

 "Peace!  Be still!" (Mark 4:39).   

The disciples were ...

"... filled with great fear" (4:41).

The woman who'd touched Jesus' garments for healing had been at her last nth of strength and hope and this was her last-ditch effort, and in her desparation, she touched and was healed.  She tried to slip away unnoticed, but Jesus recalled her.  She came ...

 "... in fear and trembling ... and told Him the whole truth".  

Jesus told her her faith had healed her of her disease (v. 34).

"Don't fear, only believe,"

 Jesus assured the messenger from ruler Jairus' upon hearing ...

 "... don't trouble the Master, your daughter is dead".

In this gale force storm of weeping and mourning, again, Jesus calmly commands,

 "Talitha cumi ... Little girl, I say to you, arise ..."

Desparate times call for desparate measures and Jesus gets called.  Let us not despair or forget, Jesus is on our side.  He sees glimmers of faith and hope and He responds to the like of which we have never seen nor expected and we'll  be totally overcome with amazement.  

Maybe there will also be the inspiration of great fear and we come before Jesus with trembling.  We are at His feet now, knowing and experiencing His goodness, yes, but also His almighty power even from some small seed of faith.

In our desparation, brothers and sisters-in-Christ, even if you haven't been calling on Him much lately, implore Jesus' help now.  Seek Him.  Expect the unexpected.  Some of the results may be seen in a crowd, like the woman who touched Jesus's garment; like Jairus' neighbors - the neighbors are watching.  In Jairus' daughter's case, the neighbors didn't get the full details but they did see the daughter was back to life again.  No more derisive laughing then.   And it was also like what the disciples experienced that stormy day on the sea.  Calm came with Jesus.

But I want to add here, call Jesus even before the desparation comes.  Seek for and yearn for Him.  Depend upon Him even in every day living.  Even if you haven't, I pray that when desparation strikes, you'll still know to turn to Him, imploring His help.

Jesus cares.

                                        ~ ERC  July 2025 ~

Based on mark 5:22-43 ESV.

Sing, Does Jesus Care, along with the Gaither Music folks.