"God Rules!" -2

"The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations." (Psalms 33:11) Being that today is our thirty first wedding anniversary, I thought I would continue a dialog on holding out for God; because I do still expect that God can heal my wife, even after almost ten years, there is nothing that is too great for God to do! You have no doubt heard the question, Can God make a rock so big that He Himself cannot move it? I love the story of Lazarus dying in John chapter eleven, because it takes this question and puts it to the test. Jesus knew Lazarus was going to die, yet He told those that came to Him with the news of his sickness, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." (John 11:4) Then after speaking this, and known that Lazarus was going to die, and may have already have died at the point, Jesus continued where He was for two more days; kind of like saying, "Let's see how big we can make this rock!" After those two days, Jesus told His disciples that they were going back to Judea; which prompted the disciples to worn Him about the Jews that were wanting to stone Him; yet He says something a little peculiar, saying, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the Light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no Light in him." (John 11:9 & 10) To understand this saying, we look to the next several Scriptures, and the full impact of the meaning is revealed, as Jesus continues by saying, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I might awake him out of his sleep". (John 11:11) To which, his disciples said, thinking that if he was sick and he was sleeping, then it was good for him to get some sleep, said, "Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well". (John 11:12) After which, Jesus said unto them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him". (John 11:14 & 15) You see; the whole meaning of the "walk in the day" verses "walk in the night" thing that Jesus spoke of, is that, to walk in the day is a reference to walking in the will of God, by trusting God by adhering to His word, His commands, and by what His Spirit tells us to do; in doing so, we will be walking in the Light. The flip side of that, which is walking in the night, is to walk by what the world believes, in our own will, or by what our own heart and mind tells us we should be doing; he who walks in such a way, the Light is not in him. Jesus was the Light, therefore, He walked accordingly, and He was always in the Father's will. He knew what He was about to do, and why it was He needed to go unto Judea; regardless of what others might think, or what dangers awaited Him. Secondly, He also knew that by waiting those two days, by the time they would arrive, that Lazarus would have already began to decay, seeing that he would have been dead for four days; totally contrary to what a normal healer would have done, because anyone else would have set out to get there as quick as they could, in order to avoid too much down time for the corpse to begin to break down. However; not only did Jesus raise Lazarus by calling him forth from the tomb, but they all sat and had dinner together, just a few hours later! Don't tell me God can't do something, because He can never make a rock so big, that even He Himself can't move it!!!! "I am the Resurrection, and the Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believeth thou this?" (John 11:25 & 26)