Luke
8
40 On
the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus,
because
they had been waiting for him.
41 Then
a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at
Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come home with him.
42 His
only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying.
As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds.
43 A
woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant
bleeding,
and
she could find no cure.
44 Coming
up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe.
Immediately,
the bleeding stopped.
45 "Who
touched me?" Jesus asked.
Everyone
denied it, and Peter said, "Master, this whole crowd is pressing
up against you."
46 But
Jesus said, "Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing
power go out from me."
47 When
the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to
tremble and fell to her knees in front of him.
The
whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that she
had been immediately healed.
48 "Daughter,"
he said to her, "your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
49 While
he was still speaking to her, a messenger arrived from the home of
Jairus, the leader of the synagogue.
He
told him, "Your daughter is dead. There's no use troubling the
Teacher now."
50 But
when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to Jairus,
"Don't
be afraid. Just trust Me, and she will be healed."
51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus wouldn't let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the little girl's father and mother.
52 The
house was filled with people weeping and wailing, but he said,
"Stop
the weeping! She isn't dead; she's only asleep."
53 But
the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.
54 Then
Jesus took her by the hand and said in a loud voice, "My child,
get up!"
55 And
at that moment her life returned, and she immediately stood up!
Then
Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
56 Her
parents were overwhelmed, but Jesus insisted that they not tell
anyone what had happened.
When everything in Jairus' world had
come apart at the seams, Jesus said 6 word that made all the
difference...
“Don't be afraid. Just trust Me.”
When everything in our world,
corporately or individually, seems to have completely unraveled,
Jesus says the same 6 words to us...
“Don't be afraid. Just trust Me.”
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