The Christ Who Knows What He is Doing

The Christ Who Knows What He is Doing

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 11:11

Christ knows what He is doing. He is never at a loss in any situation as to how to proceed. In the scene before us, news came from Bethany, a town not far from Jerusalem, that Lazarus, who was a dear friend of Christ was desperately ill. Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha who were also dear friends of Christ. What is interesting to observe is that Christ made no move whatsoever. In fact, ‘He stayed two more days in the place where He was.’ If we conclude that Christ was either callous or clueless, we have arrived at the wrong conclusion entirely. Christ was neither callous, nor clueless. He knew exactly what He was doing. Christ makes no mistakes in His dealings with any of us. Christ was fully aware of all which would occur within the next little while. Nothing escaped His knowledge or His ability. It is even so with us. We are, at times, distressed by what we perceive to be His slowness to come to our aid, or His apparent lack of awareness as to how dire our situation really is. Christ misses nothing. He is fully aware of our situation, and of what He is going to do about it. It is good for us to observe Him as He acts in situations such as the one before us, so that we may come to a better understanding of how He deals with us. In this way we gain more confidence and trust in Him, Who does all things well.

Our All-Knowing Savior,
We rejoice that You are fully aware of all of our circumstances.
We praise You, that you will do us good in every case
and thereby bring glory to Your Own Great Self.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning