Daughters of God
There is so much to love about spending time studying through Mark’s gospel account! I hope you’re being blessed by your time in the Word like I am. I also hope that our sermon time together helps to add clarity to what the text is teaching us so that we can learn in ways that help us apply God’s truth to the way we experience life. This morning we’re reading about two intriguing encounters with Jesus that work together to tell an even larger story about his character and purpose. They’re found in Mark 5:21- 43. If you have a chance to read it before worship, you should make the most of that opportunity.
When I read this text, I can’t help but identify with the father—a synagogue official named Jairus. I think about the anxiety he had to have felt and about the overwhelming desperation that must have been palpable in his voice when he asked Jesus to hurry to his house to save his dying daughter. If you’re a parent, you can imagine it, can’t you?
Maybe you identify, however, more closely with the young girl. She was twelve. Certainly not grown up, but almost old enough to marry in that culture in the first century. Did she know she was dying? Was she in pain? Was she afraid?
The story takes on additional color and nuance anytime we slow down and try to imagine what different people felt and thought as the events played out. In this particular episode, as was so often the case in encounters with Jesus, it was anything but simple and straightforward. But that’s just how life is: complicated. I love this story and what it teaches me about Jesus’ love and power. I hope you’ll love it, too.
Daughters of God, Daughters of God, Mark 5:21-43
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