Moving Mountains Out of Love

There's a story in Luke 7 that hit me afresh today. In it, Jesus is walking along and sees a funeral procession. The people are carrying the coffin of a man who was the only son of a woman who was now a widow.

13 "And he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

Then he proceeded to stop the procession, lay his hands on the coffin and resuscitate the young man.

I notice two things about this. The first is the power of Jesus. He decided to do something and he just said some words and it happened. I recently lost a loved one and have been hit full in the face of the power of death to take someone. Yet death is nothing to Jesus. What power this guy had - and has over anything, everything you face.

The second thing I notice is that the guy had nothing to do with this. Jesus felt compassion for this woman who was left alone with no companionship and no support. His heart reached out to her and so he raised her son from the dead. Jesus might not raise your loved one from the dead and he may not solve your problem in a second, but realize that he has compassion on you. He knows where you hurt and wants to reach out with his power to touch that hurting part of you with his love. Isn't that cool?

Pastor Tom