Echoes #7

Echoes of Resurrection

When the messenger came to Jesus saying, "Lazarus is sick." His disciples expected urgency. Healing. A miracle on the spot. But Jesus waited.

He didn’t rush to prevent the funeral. He delayed with purpose. Because this wasn’t just about Lazarus, it was about glory.

Jesus explained it plainly, though no one understood it at the time:
“This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” (John 11:4)

Lazarus died. And still, Jesus waited.

But on the fourth day, Jesus stood at the tomb and wept. Not for lack of power, but because death was never supposed to be part of the story. Then He commanded the stone to be rolled away, called Lazarus out by name, and gave the world a glimpse of what was coming.

That moment outside Lazarus’s grave wasn’t the end. It was a preview. The Son of God would soon be placed in His own tomb and three days later, walk out.

Jesus didn’t just perform resurrection. He is resurrection.

Lazarus was a faint echo of the ultimate resurrection.