Come Forth

What do we do when the thing we have been believing for seems to have died? In John 11, we find Mary and Martha standing outside a sealed tomb, grieving not just the loss of their brother Lazarus, but also the loss of what they thought was possible. Their heartbreak is familiar to us. We have all stood at the edge of something that looked finished, something that looked too far gone, and whispered, 'If only you had been here sooner.' Yet the story does not end at the tomb. It ends with a command that defies every natural expectation. The central lesson here is not simply that miracles happen, but that the glory of God is most visible precisely when things look most hopeless. We are challenged to ask ourselves honestly: do we still believe? Not a polished, theoretical belief, but a raw, gut-level faith that God can breathe life into the very things we have already mourned and buried. That kind of belief is what positions us to witness the impossible become real right before our eyes.