Exodus 2:23-3:22; Psalms 32:1-33:22; Matthew 28:1-20
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. John 11:6
Consider the “therefore” in our text. The previous verse has told us of Jesus’ love for His friends in Bethany. Because He loved them, He abode two days still in the place where He was! Can we reconcile devotion with delay? Are we often impatient with what appear to be God’s delays in our lives? Do we question His wisdom, His power or His interest in the crises in our lives? The death of Lazarus was “for the glory of God” (11:4) “Hope thou in God: for I
shall yet praise him” (Ps. 42:5). —L. Cain
My times are in Your hand,
Whatever they may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As You know best for me. —W. F. Lloyd