Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue, and his predicament was one that no parent would ever want to experience. His young daughter- his only daughter- was dying. He sought Jesus as his only hope to have his daughter healed, but as Jesus delayed due to other encounters amongst the crowd, a messenger came to tell Jairus his daughter had died. Luke’s account of Jesus healing Jairus’ daughter indisputably proves that Jesus is the only Savior. By His faithfulness, spiritual care, and message, we know He alone has the power to save.
Jesus is faithful.
After receiving news of the death of Jairus’ daughter, Jesus continued making His way through the immense crowd toward Jairus’ home as He had promised. No distractions from the throng of people who desperately desired to see Him kept Him from doing what He had set out to do for Jairus. He was faithful.
God can never act against His nature and character. Whatever we face, He is with us because He is faithful. The problem is, we often doubt Jesus’ faithfulness. When God seems silent as our life goes awry, we begin to think Jesus overlooks us in our struggles. We have mistakenly determined what is good based on our own severely limited understanding, forgetting that God works all things for good according to His own will and ways. Furthermore, we misunderstand God’s faithfulness by comparing ourselves to others. God has no degrees of faithfulness. He delays with good purpose. We must see this proven in Jairus’ experience and trust God’s faithfulness.
Jesus cares for us.
What utter hopelessness and devastation Jairus must’ve felt when he received news that his daughter was dead. But Jesus immediately reassured him to not be afraid, but only believe. He promised Jairus that his daughter would be well. At that moment, there couldn’t have been a message more caring and timely for Jairus.
Jesus cares for us. God speaks to our anxious souls through His Word, often giving us the exact message we need to hear. Just as Jesus urged Jairus to only believe in the physical healing of his daughter, what is spiritual becomes material as God’s Word gives us exactly what we need in our lives.
Jesus wants us to experience His message.
When Jesus arrived at Jairus’ house, He allowed Peter, John, and James to witness the healing of the young girl. Jesus wanted them to see that the heart of healing is salvation, coming by the power of the gospel. In this situation- as with any others- it was not the physical healing that was most significant, but that the healing was a manifestation of salvation.
Jesus wants us to experience the power of the gospel. If the gospel has not transformed and empowered you, you have not recognized Jesus as the indisputable Savior. The gospel is good news. Jesus satisfied the law by dying on the cross and rising again. All that the law requires, the gospel has been fulfilled. Like Jairus’ daughter, God wants us all to experience the gospel and be healed of our spiritual deadness to rise again by His power.
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