Nevertheless continue to believe - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.
John 11:22

Nevertheless continue to believe
John 11 tells the story of Lazarus. When he became ill, his two sisters Martha and Mary sent a message to the Lord Jesus saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick". They hoped that He would come to them immediately to make their brother well. But Lazarus died before Jesus arrived in Bethany.

Martha went to meet Him and immediately shared her disappointment with Him: "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." But then follow words that testify to her faith: "But even now I know ..." Although things had not turned out as Martha had imagined, she continued to trust in the Lord.

How beautiful when faith does not fail in a difficult situation in life. How good when, in a storm, the flame of our trust in God continues to shine, even though now and then it only resembles a small, flickering candle. It is the Lord who sustains our faith in a dark hour. He gives new courage so that we can confidently say: "But even now I know".

The Lord Jesus sustained Martha's faith with a promise she could hardly believe: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."

This glorious hope strengthens the trust of believers in the Son of God even to this day.

Today's reading: Numbers 3:1-26 · Matthew 3:1-12