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| Image Credit: Lazarus is raised from the dead (John 11:1–57) by Sweet Publishing, courtesy of FreeBibleimages.org. |
Jesus did not arrive at once. Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days when He came. The house of mourning had grown crowded, and many from nearby had gathered to comfort the sisters. When Martha heard that Jesus had come, she rose and went to meet Him. She spoke of the resurrection and expressed confidence that even now, God would give Him whatever He asked. Mary, on the other hand, remained in the house. She waited in the silence of grief until the moment she was called.
When Martha returned and quietly said, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you,” Mary rose. And this time, she did not wait. She went to Him at once. She found Him just outside the village, still on the way. And when she saw Him, she did not ask for anything. She fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died” (Jn 11:32). She said no more.
There were no further questions. No arguments. No requests. Just that one statement—offered through tears, spoken from a heart that trusted yet grieved. She did not ask Him to raise her brother. She did not suggest a solution. She simply wept and trusted that Christ would receive what she could not express. And He did. Scripture tells us that Jesus was deeply moved when He saw her weeping, along with those who had followed her. He asked where Lazarus had been laid, and then, in the shortest verse in the Bible and one of the most profound, it says, “Jesus wept.”
Mary did not say as much as Martha. She did not engage in theological statements or present any verbal expressions of faith. But she came when He called her. She bowed before Him in her sorrow. And she placed herself, again, at His feet. That posture—of grief, faith, and surrender—did not go unnoticed. It did not need more words.
Faith does not always come with answers. Sometimes it comes with silence. It may come with tears. And it may look more like waiting than working. But Christ sees when we come to Him, even when we do not know what to say. He receives the trust that simply draws near.
This may be helpful for those who are walking through pain without clarity. You may not know how to pray. You may not know what to ask. But if you know where to go—if you rise when He calls, and draw near even when your heart is heavy—then you are already choosing what Mary chose. She brought her sorrow to the only One who could carry it. And He did not turn her away.
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