John 11:38-44

John 11:38-44 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  I love the idea that if Jesus hadn't specified Lazarus, the entire graveyard would have come out.  It gives the picture of a graveyard full of people awaiting the word of Jesus to rise from their graves and join Christ in the eternal Kingdom of God.
  Here is Lazarus, dead for four days, walking out of the tomb, but still bound by the trappings of death.  Only when Jesus orders the community to help him out of his previous situation is he truly free.
  The same is true for us.  We often come through some huge event, perhaps miraculously, and I think we depend upon the community to help us understand and process what we've been through, and then we share our experience with the community.  Even when we've made it through, we're not truly free until we've immersed ourselves in community.  We are not made to be alone.