DOES JESUS STILL WEEP?

A tomb.  A body, dead four days.  Why hadn't Jesus come?  Mary and Martha cried openly for the loss of their brother.  If only the Master had been there.  But He waited.

Jesus came to the tomb.  What didn't they understand about His mission on the earth?  How long must Mary sit at His feet?  Nevertheless, for the sake of the Father and His purpose, Jesus thanked Him for what He would do.  Move the stone!  Lazarus come forth!  And he did.

An archway of triumph before Him.  Disciples followed.  Crowds marveled at His miraculous works.  Looking toward Jerusalem, Jesus wept again. He warned his disciples.  They did not understand the magnitude of His warnings.  Instead they contemplated who would be first in the kingdom to come.

Jesus was the Kingdom.  He was then, and is today, and will be tomorrow.  In Him we find our peace.  In Him we have the victory.  In Him we share His inheritance.  Does He still weep?  When He looks at me--my actions, my words, my posturing, my planning and strategy?  Do I look to Him?  Do I weep for Jerusalem to come?   Not nearly enough.  [copyrighted, SelahV Today, 2007]