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| The official says, "Upon further review, the ruling on the field is overturned." |
Jairus was a ruler of one of the synagogues near Capernaum, and his daughter was very sick at the point of death. Coming to Jesus was questionable for Jairus, because the chief officials had agreed that if anyone supported Jesus' ministry, they would be put out of the synagogue. He could lose his position, but when he heard that Jesus was in town, he came to Him concerning his daughter.
He fell at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come and lay hands on his daughter and heal her. As they were on the way to Jairus' home, a messenger came and told Jairus that there was no need to trouble Jesus any longer, his daughter had died.
Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid, only believe." They continued to Jairus' home and found the mourners weeping and wailing. Jesus said, "Why make all this commotion? The child is not dead, but sleeping." He put them out and went to where the little girl was, and took her by the hand and said, "Little girl, I say to you arise." Immediately she got up and started walking around.
Even when the facts say there is no reason to hope, and it's pointless to continue believing for something that's done for, facts are not final. Facts don't set us free, truth sets us free, and Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
Upon further review, Jairus' daughter was only asleep because Jesus raised her back to life. Death was not the final answer that day, because at His command, the girl got up.
Instant replay gives the officials another chance to look at circumstances that were thought to be fact, but was actually different. What we may consider to be a hopeless and pointless situation is not over. Nothing can stop God from finishing what He said He would do. The official says, "Upon further review, the ruling on the field is overturned." We need to stop putting more faith in facts, than we do in God. We walk by faith, not by sight.
The messenger told Jairus that he need not trouble Jesus any further because his child was dead. But that was not the end of the story. Jesus told Jairus, "Only believe."
Dee Richardson, Voice of the Dove â€