The End

One of the keys to the Lazarus text is remembering that our definition for "end" is seldom the same as His.

In John 11:4, Jesus proclaims that "...this sickness will not END in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." I know for me, the END is typically felt when my circumstances appear to make that for which I had hoped no longer attainable. END is about limits, about the realm of possibility, about reality. Lazarus breathed his last and his family concluded he had come to his END.

Are you in the midst of a situation that feels as if it is over? There is a fine line between denial and faith. Oh God, may we live there...that still your Son may be glorified through it. May we risk denial for the possibility of hearing Jesus say again, "Come out!" Bring us to an END so we can stand in the midst of one of your miraculous beginnings.

Waiting at an END...

Pastor Fred