Bryant Wright, Founder

“‘Lord,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’” John 11:21

Few things are harder in life than waiting on God, especially when our hearts are hurting.

That was exactly the situation Mary and Martha faced when their brother Lazarus became seriously ill. They immediately sent word to Jesus because they believed if He came quickly, Lazarus would be healed.

But Jesus did not come right away.

By the time He arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had already been dead four days. From Martha’s perspective, it was too late. Her words reveal both disappointment and faith at the same time: “Lord, if you had been here…”

Many of us understand that feeling. We pray for healing, direction, restoration, or help, and when the answer does not come when we hoped, we begin wondering where God is in the middle of it all.

But one of the great lessons of John 11 is that God’s delays are not God’s absence.

Jesus loved this family deeply. He had not forgotten them. He was working in ways they could not yet understand. What looked hopeless to Mary and Martha would soon become the setting for one of Christ’s greatest miracles– the raising of Lazarus from the dead.

Sometimes we only see what God has not done yet. But faith reminds us that God is always at work, even when we cannot see it clearly.

When life feels confusing and God seems silent, we can still trust Him. Alex Haley once said, “He doesn’t always work in our time frame, but He is always on time.”

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Read “Conversations with God: His Timing” also by Bryant Wright