Funeral March

“As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out – the only son of a mother, and she was a widow. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, ‘Don’t cry.’ Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, ‘Young man, I say to you, get up!’ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.” Luke 7:13-15

What a touching and endearing story regarding the heart of Christ. All of us can relate to feeling like there is hopelessness in our spirit and lifelessness in our situations. We carry around despair in our hearts just like these people were carrying the little coffin of the small child.

We have laid to rest any hope in our situations. Our season of suffering performs an embalmment of our soul as our circumstances drain the life from us. We march in our processionals of despair with our following of mourners.

And then…at the gate of hope…where death meets life, we meet Christ. His heart pours love and compassion upon us. It stops us in our tracks and we begin to feel a pulse. He reaches out that miraculous and scarred hand and says, ‘Don’t cry, I have overcome death and despair. Through me, life can be restored and resurrected.’ He will approach our heart and spirit which carries death, and will call us back to life through Him and in Him.

If you are carrying around a coffin that encases lifelessness don’t despair. Christ will meet you at the gate of provision and will touch your circumstances bringing life where death was once laid to rest.