We call the word of God as Evangelion or good news. What's the good news? Good news is about the resurrection of Jesus. Resurrection is the key point to understand the Bible. After the resurrection so many people started believing deeply in Jesus. Many of them became missionaries to proclaim this good news. Evangelists started writing New Testament after the resurrection episodes. Everything Jesus said or did is in anticipation of his resurrection. What is resurrection? Resurrection is about life- a new life. It's life giving message.
Jesus is God of life. His ministry is ministry of life. He heals blind eyes, he heals deaf ears, he heals spiritually dead, he gives hope to hopeless. He is God of life. And today's reading proves the Jesus is God of life, he is compassionate to our pain and suffering.
We have attended many funerals and it's not happy time, It's awful experience. Sometimes we loose words to comfort the family. And today's miracle is set in such a sad situation. The mother of this young man is a widow. Being widow at that time means no guaranteed income, no insurance, no support. This young man was her only support. Her son had comforted her in her first loss of a husband, but now that her son was dead, therefore the sadness doubles. It's a disaster for her. She lost all hope. Jesus moves with pity. He asks the young man, stand up again- arise. He gives the young man back to mother. Jesus gives a new life to the young man and to his mother. This is the Jesus we proclaim. He is the giver of life.
Why Jesus did this miracle? This miracle was to show God has visited his people and he will visit again. In a world of broken hearts, God sees and cares for us in our grief. God is made flesh in the person of Jesus, and He can understand our pain and suffering. He is no more someone above, he is with us. He is not someone enjoys human suffering, he shows the capacity to suffer with us, to be close to our sufferings and to make them his own.
You may feeling spiritually dead, no life, no hope but Jesus can give you life. He can resurrect you. God hates sickness, suffering, sin, stupidity. He has compassion on our miseries and gives us His healing touch.
Do you feel your dream is dying? Or your dream could be dead, prepared for burial and on the way to the cemetery like the Widow of Nain. Jesus says to you, stand up and rise. Get your hopes up. This is your Time of Resurrection. Resurrect your dream with the power of Jesus.
The people around were afraid. Whenever there is new life people are afraid. People are afraid to welcome newness in life. Do not be afraid like people in the crowd, decide today to allow the resurrection of Christ to inspire you. Activate your resurrection power and bring back those amazing and awesome dreams to life with Jesus.
I would like to share one of my friends story. They were a rich family in Dubai. Three children, very happy life, a home in India and another in Dubai. One of the business partners cheated then and they lost everything. They lost both of their homes, money, friends and their dream all dead. Their dad was in prison. They decided to take their lives. At that night they get a call from a priest to attend a retreat and trust in Jesus. They decided to attend and nothing much happened but their youngest daughter received hope from Jesus. She felt like Jesus saying to her dead dream, wake up! And she started searching for jobs, she was only 21 and she got a job in a company. From there she started building their life with the hope given by Jesus. She hard worked, she is working now as a air hostess in Qatar airways. She visited me couple of weeks benefit and she said Jesus gave her life back. He gave me hope, I believe he is God of life. Now they have a new home in India, her dad is released from the prison. Paid off most of their debt. And this is and this was only possible by God and God alone.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Do not be afraid, decide today to allow the resurrection of Christ to inspire you. Activate your resurrection power and bring back those amazing and awesome dreams to life with Jesus. He is the God of life.
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