If you're Mary or Martha and you see Lazarus start to get sick, you're not worried, right? Lazarus has clearly started to get worse, because they get concerned enough to send for Jesus, but they know that Jesus loves Lazarus, and nothing bad will happen to people Jesus loves, right?
We who know the end of the story can say that this turned out well. But that's only because we know the end of the story. For Mary and for Martha, as well as for Lazarus, there's fear and uncertainty. There's curiosity about where this is going. There are questions about why Jesus doesn't act.
Jesus, however, is purely confidant. Jesus isn't worried. He sees the long-term and knows that it ends in glory.
May we have the confidence to trust that Jesus is looking out for us, too, and to believe that he loves us even when we're sick and uncertain.
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