“Do not fear, only believe…” Our Savior is so tender to those whose worlds have collapsed. These words were all Jairus had to cling to in the whirling chaos of fear and grief. Yet they proved true because He who spoke them is true. His word never fails because He has the necessary power to perform whatever He declares.
The Lord's timing is perfect, though in his flood of anguish Jairus no doubt wondered why Jesus had delayed so. However, this ruler of the synagogue had just witnessed the Lord heal a woman with a disease no physician could cure. Jairus's daughter too had succumbed to a fate from which no man could relieve her. The men who came to Jairus had given up hope, thinking Jesus was only of use to the living. Yet it was God’s plan that the girl should die so that the world would know of the power of Christ even on behalf of the dead. So perhaps it was a gracious act of God that this woman with the flow of blood interrupted the progression to Jairus's home for whether they had arrived earlier or later, the girl would have been dead. But through seeing what Christ had accomplished for this poor woman beyond the aid of any man but Jesus, Jairus had reason to hope this Man before him was the only One who could avail for his daughter, now beyond the help of any human.
We fear so readily. We fear the future and uncertainty. Yet the God who led Jairus through his greatest moments of uncertainty also leads us. Lord, remove our fear by teaching us to believe and by reminding us how capable You are. Oh God, help us believe!
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