When things die

8-23-19 Friday

 

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Mark 5

21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”

36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

 

what do you do when things die?

Things we see here when things seem dead in our life.

 

#1 She was dead. Make no bones about it, she was indeed dead. The people did not misdiagnose this situation. 

 

 

 

#2 Jesus was late and she died. 

Jesus never seems to be on time… but he is never late. Do you think the man blamed the woman with the issue of blood for interrupting Jesus on the way? 

 

 

#3 The callousness of people. Hey she’s dead, quit bothering Jesus about it. Quit thinking about it, quit worrying about it, quit grieving it, quit wasting everyones time. Its over, it was never meant to be… let it go!

But not to Jesus. This girl was very much alive.

 

Your dream might seem dead to you and everyone around you… but maybe you just can’t let it go because God wants to bring it back to life in his time. 

 

#4 False compassion and mercy

38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.

 

*They go from crying to laughing.

You will have people in your life who will act as if your dead dream is a huge deal to them and they are so sorry for your dead dream… and it’s just an act. It’s false compassion - and it’s appalling. They actually are glad your dream died, because their dreams died and why SHOULDN’T YOUR dream die as well. 

As seen by them laughing at Jesus when he says “she is not dead only sleeping.”

 

 

Your dream isn’t dead, it’s only sleeping. When you tell people about your dead dream and how you still believe in it… you will get those who laugh.

AND WHAT DID JESUS DO?

Those who did not believe in this were asked to leave.

Sometimes you gotta get rid of those who do not believe in your dream. In fact, it’s essential.