John 11:33-45…“The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.” vs. 45
John tells us that when Lazarus emerged from the tomb at the command of Jesus, he had new life, but there was a problem. His hands and feet were bound and he could not see. Here in a few words John laid out a metaphor that describes the new life in Christ for a multitude of believers. In contemporary terms, we’re a lot like zombies, an army of the living dead! We have the promised new life, but we remain bound by our past and the brokenness of the present. We don’t have a clue about the freedom that is ours in Jesus, a freedom to “let go and let God,” and we still can’t see.
What a gift it is when finally we receive the unbinding, and we discover the joy of walking in the way of Jesus and experiencing the peace of God. It’s in that moment that we realize that resurrection is a present reality and that death can never ever touch our souls. Unfortunately there is no formula or incantation that can be uttered to receive that freedom. It often catches us by surprise, in a moment of time that bursts upon us without warning. We only know it as it’s happening, but once freedom has touched our hearts, we’ll never be afraid again. Grace will have had its way with us!
Thought for the Day: What comforts me in the presence of death?
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