Lazarus, Come Forth!

Our inner man is deadened by sin, both our own and those of others who have so wounded us that we have retreated into nothingness.  But the Dynamo, the Energy, of the Universe calls us forth from the tomb, just as He called Lazarus who had been dead 4 days. 

His Divine Voice does not rebuke us for having been buried so long, any more than God rebuked the original chaos of the world----He simply said, "Light, Be!"  And it was so.   He did not rebuke the blind man for his lack of sight, but simply touched his eyes, saying, "See!"  And it was so.

The day we wake up from our sleep and "see" the Lord standing there beside us, we leap forth spiritually, forgetting how long we have been dead.  Our spirits have eyes and ears to hear and see; we are waiting only for the Divine Voice to call us forth.

Jesus said this:  I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.  I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.  For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.

We spend a lot of our days rebuking ourselves for being blind and dead, when all the time we need to be listening for the Voice of Eternal Life to call us forth from the tomb.  Lord, I await your call and I am ready to hear!