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THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW’S SON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Luke 7:11-17

1 Corinthians 15:50-58

 

“An only son was raised.”

 

THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW’S SON
 
What sorrow sin has brought into the world! Here we have the death of the only son of a widow. All this misery is the result of sin. God made all things very good (Gen 1:31) but sin entered the world and death through sin (Rom 5:12). This world is full of sickness, pain, infirmity, poverty, labour and trouble. Universally the history of families is full of lamentation, weeping, mourning and woe. It can all be traced to sin. How much we ought to hate sin! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, dallying with it, excusing it, playing with it, we must hate it with a deadly hatred, waging a ceaseless warfare against it (Rom 12:9).
 
How deep is the compassion of our Lord’s heart! He did not wait to be applied to for help but addressed the weeping mother (Luke 7:13). A few seconds later, the meaning of His words became plain. The widow’s son was restored to her alive. Her darkness was turned into light and her sorrow into joy.
 
Our Lord has not changed (Heb 13:8). His heart is still as compassionate. His sympathy with sufferers is still as strong. There is no friend or comforter who can be compared to Christ. In all our days of darkness, which must needs be many, let us turn first to Christ for comfort. He will never fail us, never disappoint us, never refuse to take interest in our sorrows. He lives to heal the broken-hearted and to be a Friend that sticks closer than a brother.
 
What great power our Lord has to bring the corpse back to life! He speaks to a corpse and at once it becomes a living person. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the heart, the lungs, the brain, the senses again resume their works and discharge their duties (Luke 7:14-15).
 
This is a pledge of the solemn resurrection. This same Jesus that raised one man shall one day raise all (John 5:28-29). When the trumpet sounds and Christ commands, there can be no refusal or escape. All must appear before Him in their bodies to be judged.
 
THOUGHT: Am I ready to meet God?
PRAYER: Father, may I live in obedience to Thee daily.

 

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