Our Story and Jesus
“When
the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, ‘do not weep.” Lk. 7:13
One of the hallmarks of the
Kingdom that Jesus ushered in was that of compassion. He was fulfilling the covenant of love
through His various acts of compassion, mercy, grace and gentleness. Fifteen times in the gospels we read where
Jesus was “moved with compassion.” As a
result, He would heal, feed, nourish or restore people.
In the seventh chapter of
Luke, Jesus is in Nain and observed a dead son being carried out, accompanied
by his mother. Jesus was moved by the
compassion He had for a heartsick mom.
Place yourself in this story. As
the mother, or part of crowd on onlookers, or as the one who was dead. Notice Jesus as He notices you. Watch as He purposefully, intentionally makes
His way over to you. See the compassion
in His eyes – for you.
When our story meets the
story of Jesus and His demonstration of real Kingdom power, something
miraculous happens. He tells us to stop
weeping and proceeds to give new life to what was dead. Indeed, the mother’s son was
resurrected. Verse 15 states He sat up,
starting talking, and Jesus presented him to his mother. It was new life – that resurrection power. It was more than a foreshadowing of Jesus’
own resurrection, though it certainly included that. It points beyond the cross to new life for us.
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