Meditate On
“I am…the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is
and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8
Jesus
Always Has Time For You
In spite of our best intentions, we often find ourselves
too busy to do what we’d like to for people. We may be bound by time, but
Jesus, the one who created time, is not. He always has time for each one of us!
Even in His earthly ministry, in His limited form as Man,
He always had time to minister to people. Consider a typical day in His
ministry: When a severely demon-possessed man cried out from the tombs of a
distant region, He had time to sail all the way from Galilee to the country of
the Gadarenes to save that lonely, tormented man. On the way there, He had time
to respond to the cries of His disciples when a fierce storm arose. He awoke
from a much-deserved sleep and calmed the storm for them.
After He saved the demonized man and returned to Galilee,
another man, Jairus, came to him for help. Jairus’ 12-year-old daughter was
dying and he begged Jesus to come to his house to heal her. Jesus agreed—He had
time. But on His way there, a woman with a 12-year bleeding condition touched
the hem of His garment and received her healing. Though Jairus’ daughter was in
the throes of death, Jesus had time to find out who had touched Him, just so
that He could minister to the woman.
While Jesus was ministering to her, He received a death
report concerning Jairus’ daughter. Now, in the natural, Jesus was “too late.”
Yet, He did not consider it a waste of time to encourage Jairus, “Do not be
afraid; only believe, and she will be made well” (Luke 8:49–50). He wasn’t
troubled or harried. He still took time to go to Jairus’ house and raised the
little girl from the dead.
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
