“Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in
the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.
It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for
they have no light.”
John 11:9-10
Jesus had received the
news that his friend Lazarus was sick.
After a two day ‘delay’
he said to His disciples that it was time to go to Bethany.
His disciples protest
saying: “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to
stone you, and yet you are going back?”
His response to their
protests is the text above.
Jesus is telling them
that He walks in the Light.
As long as He does so
He will not stumble.
Too often we are
guilty of interpreting the word “stumble” by our own definition.
To Jesus’ followers
His arrest and death later on the cross was the ultimate “stumble”.
But He knew it was
not! He knew, even in that, He was fulfilling the will of His Father.
He was walking in the Light all the way to the
cross.
Even though, to the disciples way of thinking
at that time darkness had won a great victory at Calvary!
Do you ever interpret
the Will of God for your life as a ‘stumble’?
We might even call it
a ‘hiccup’ today.
God allows tests and
trials as we journey with Him.
We fight every step
of the way convinced that it is not in the will of God to be experiencing what
we are experiencing.
We see ‘stumbles’ but
God sees ‘’growth’.
We see things outside
His will.
He allows them as
part of His will.
Don’t miss what God
wants to do in your life.
The disciples would
have had Jesus stay away from Bethany and raise their friend Lazarus from the
dead if they had had their way.
Jesus would have none
of it but was obedient to the will of His Father despite their protests.
Make that
determination in your spirit that you will be obedient come what may!
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