We will do everything that the LORD has told us
It's hard to stick with our commitments to the LORD in the face of tragedy.
Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
We feel his absence and want to blame him for our suffering. But Martha shows us how to trust God in the most difficult of times.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you."
We have made a covenant with the LORD. We are marked by the precious blood of Jesus just as Israel is marked with the blood of the young bulls.
Then he took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, saying,
"This is the blood of the covenant
that the LORD has made with you
in accordance with all these words of his.
Being marked by the blood of Jesus expresses our yes to God. And in being so marked we receives the grace we need to hold fast to his word. His blood allows us to say yes when yes would otherwise be impossible for us. It does so because the blood of Jesus proves to us that no matter what hardships we face they have already been overcome.
"I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?"
She said to him, "Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world."
Yes, LORD, we will do whatever you tell us. We will go wherever you send us. We receive your blood to cover us, to protect us, to give us life eternal. It is not for nothing that it is called the antidote to death.
Offer to God praise as your sacrifice
and fulfill your vows to the Most High;
Then call upon me in time of distress;
I will rescue you, and you shall glorify me.
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