"While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?” Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.'"
"It was a great morning," Theodore Strange said regarding the start of what was to be his 25th running of the New York City Marathon. Aiming for a 4:15 finish, this 59-year-old doctor was right on pace until mile 16 when he heard someone screaming for help. Looking over, he spotted a woman standing over her friend lying on the ground. Approaching the fallen runner, the physician immediately knew something was wrong. The woman was blue in the face, wasn’t breathing, and had started foaming at the mouth. When Strange kneeled beside her to check the pulse on her wrist, he felt nothing. Without hesitating, Strange started performing CPR. When the chest compressions weren't working, he shouted for a defibrillator. After four attempts to shock her heart, the woman finally twitched and breathed. “She had a pulse again,” Strange said. “And we all were relieved.”
And you know, had the doctor not been there, this runner would most certainly not have survived. After all she was technically dead right? But the good physician worked to bring her back to life. Which is exactly what our Great Physician does. He comes to revive the hearts of those people completely "dead" in their sin. Even those that believe themselves to be so "dead" that Jesus wouldn't possibly "bother" with them anymore. But guess what? That's not true. Jesus came to save us all. The red letters tell us so.
So if you've lost all hope today and think you or a loved one are so spiritually "dead" that God can't bring you back to life, think again my friend. He did it for the synagogue leader and He can do it for you. There's absolutely nothing you have done that God won't forgive if you will "just believe." Won't you do that today?
Heavenly Father, thank You for the reminder that you can revive the hearts and lives of those who have lost all hope. If that describes anyone reading this, I pray today is the day they put their fears aside and believe that You are the Great Physician who can and will give them a new life here and eternal life hereafter. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
Red Letters - Crowder
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