The Widow’s Son Pt. 2

Be Still and Know I’m God!

I was going to go after the whole Sovereignty of God thing buuuuuuuttttt, let’s just say through the study of the healings of Jesus we find that He never left anyone sick that wanted to be healed. That’s Jesus walking in God’s Sovereignty. It is God’s will to heal. I feel the need to focus in on something else found in this story of the Widow’s Son. I started to hit it hard at the end of the last entry but it can be pressed into a little further. Let’s read the story again and then go after it.

Luke 7:11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry."
14 Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to help his people." 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

A few weeks back we flew to and from Wichita, Ks. I used the flight time to catch up on some reading. The book, Discover the Keys to Staying Full of God by Andrew Wommack, was not at all covering this subject. But while reading I started thinking on this story. I didn’t mean to, it just happened. In all of that, a scripture came to mind. It was the 1st part of Psalm 46:10. It states “Be still and know that I am God.” Be still and know.

Let’s break down real quick Psalms 46:10 all Greek style. Wait, Ps 46:10 is O.T. so that means we have to break it down all Hebrew style. . . OK, let’s focus in on 2 words: Still & Know. The Hebrew word for “Still” is Raphah. Raphah is really “Be Still.” That makes sense. Here it means to relax or to be quiet. The Hebrew word for “Know” here is Yada. It means “to perceive and see, find out and discern, to discriminate, distinguish, to know by experience, to recognize, to. . .” you get the point.

When Jesus, the Living Word, came up to the casket, this woman did what Ps 46:10 says to do. She kept her mouth still (silent) and she learned who God was. She stayed still and she learned the loving touch of God. She stayed still and she learned the healing touch of God. She stayed still and she learned, from the Living Word of God, the resurrecting and restoring power of God. Could it be that many of us are not receiving what we need because we won’t keep our mouths still and learn from His Word the restoring Power of God? We may be doing a great job at learning what our doctors are saying but are we learning what His Word says about our health? We may be doing a great job of listening to our financial advisers but are we learning what His Word says about finances? Stink, let’s take this further. We may be doing a great job listening to our pastors but are we learning, for ourselves, what His Word says about our hope, our salvation, the Kingdom of God? I am not advocating for you to not listen to your doctors, financial advisers, or pastors; I’m just saying that we need to be still and know for ourselves that God is God.

Who knows if this widow had heard of Jesus before this funeral? He was becoming pretty popular. Maybe she heard of His fame. Maybe she was looking for the chance to see Him, or have her sick son meet Him. We just read that a huge crowd followed Him for a full day+ trip, but many traveled great distances to meet Jesus for the healing touch of their loved ones. Remember the official, or the Centurion, or even the bunch of friends that broke apart a roof to get their buddy to Jesus feet. Luke does not record this lady’s status, outside her being a widow, before she met Jesus. He doesn’t say she was rich or poor. Maybe some theologian can figure out by the funeral procession what her status was within this village. What we do know this about her is that when she was before the Great Healer she stood still and in that stillness she got to know how Great God is.

I love this study because I’m learning how our Healing Savior carried out His healing touch. One last thing that I did not hit till now; it’s the first part of Luke 7:13. It states “13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her.” That’s how my Sovereign God acts. His heart goes out to me, and you, whoever else is reading this. How awesome is it that God’s heart goes out to us.? Thanks for taking the time to read

Stay blessed y’all, it’s your choice.
jimmy

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