From December 8, 2005

Anyway, just last night I went to the college bible study at Calvary. We talked about the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in John Chapter 11. The point that is important in this blog is that Christ was purposefully four days late to see Lazarus. Martha tells him that if he had just come when she called, Lazarus would not have died. However, Jesus had waited. Why? It says in verse 14: ". . .Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him."
We talked that night about how Jesus waited so that his glory would be shown in such a greater way by raising Lazarus from the dead than by simply healing his sickness. Nobody but the Lord could take credit for bringing Lazarus to life. Martha could not even say "oh, I called Jesus and he came, so my actions prevented Lazarus from dying." (not to say she would say that, but even so, others might praise her actions and not the healing power of Christ).
So Jesus was four days late. But he was glorified in that, he showed that he is "the resurrection and the life" (v. 25)! So we asked ourselves the question: In what part of our lives does it seem like God is four days late?