He had compassion on her

God of wonders!

Luke
{7:11} And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. {7:12} Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
{7:13} And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
{7:14} And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare [him] stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
{7:15} And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
{7:16} And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
{7:17} And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.


When the Lord saw her he had compassion on her.


Weep not.


The Lord was moved by the grief of the mother who had lost her only son.


Jesus understood the love of a mother, he understood the heartache a mother felt when she lost her son. Jesus' mother would lose her son. The pain of grief, the overwhelming agony of loss, it can be all consuming and Jesus' heart was torn by the grief he was witnessing. He could have walked by. The woman didn't go to him, the woman didn't beg him, the woman was lost to her pain. When Jesus saw her he had compassion on her. He went to her, he told her to weep not.


Upon hearing those words what do we suppose the woman thought?


Weep not.


But the pain was so intense. The grief so raw.


Do you suppose she looked up with her tear-filled eyes and saw His compassion and something in her instantly believed Him, believed that she should no longer weep, believed that when he said to 'weep not' that she could trust Him, that she should stop the tears, that He would take care of her pain?


I like to think it happened just like that. She turned her gaze up to Him and she believed, she knew, there was something in His eyes, His voice that told her here was someone to believe, someone she could trust even though she'd never met Him before.


That gaze probably lasted all of a few long moments and the Jesus was moving to the bier.


He went to where the woman's son was laid out in his burial shroud. He saw the dead man there upon the bier that was carrying him off to his grave where he'd be buried. Dead. The young man was dead and Jesus moved over to where the dead boy lay and touched the moving bier and all the men carrying him stopped. Jesus then spoke to the dead man, not to those carrying him. He spoke to the dead. He said, 'Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.'


Arise.


Jesus said...


'I say unto thee, arise.'


Arise.


Jesus' power flowed through His words bringing life to the dead. Jesus commanded the dead man to rise.


The dead had no choice but to listen, none. Jesus' word brought life and the compassion He felt for the mother was realized in the act He performed on her son. Life. Sorrows abated. Death defeated.


God of wonders!


What person who has ever lost a loved one to death wouldn't do all they could to bring the loved one back. Their heart is aching, their grief raw, the loss overwhelming and it could all be wiped away, all of it.


Miracles of miracles! The impossible wrought by the compassion of the Lord.


Death has no power over the Lord, none.


Death cannot win over Him.


Death, something none of us can defeat. Death that none have power over, none save the Lord. There isn't a single other entity that can bring the dead to life. I'm not talking cpr type dead to life, the dead who are way past the possibility of being brought back to life, the dead who are cold skin and long past revival. Jesus has the power of the creator and bringing life to the dead is another form of creation.


There is no other God before God, none!


Jesus, our Lord.


Jesus, our Savior.


The wonders of God. So amazing!


Our Creator, our Redeemer!


The compassion Jesus has towards that woman's pain, that woman's loss. He has the same compassion towards us all. He promises to ease our pain, promises to bring life to those we love, to us and what does He ask for in return? Our love. And how, how can we not love someone that embodies all love is?


God is love.


Praise and glory to God, now and forever.


All mercy, all grace, flows from God.


Please Lord, have compassion upon us all by your grace.


Amen.