Mark 5: 22-24 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him (Jesus), he fell at his feet, and besought him greatly saying. My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
Here Jairus has made a great faith statement. His daughter is not dead, but she is at the point of death. Jairus establishes that when Jesus lays His hands on his daughter, she shall be healed and she shall live. He established this by his faith-filled words. It is this faith which caused Jesus to leave the multitude and follow Jairus.
But on the way, a woman with an issue of blood comes on the scene. She touches Jesus' garment, receives her healing, then gives her testimony. All this could have taken an hour. Meanwhile, Jairus is still waiting for Jesus to heal his daughter. There has been a delay - a costly delay - and I'm sure that Jairus was getting quite anxious!
Then Jesus explains to the woman that it was her faith which made her whole, v35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
Thy daughter is dead. The very thing that Jairus knew could happen had happened! It couldn't have been any worse. His daughter was dead! Regardless of all he had believed, regardless of all the faith statements and confessions he had made, he gets the bad news.
Though Jairus had spoken good things, bad things had come his way. v36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afrid, only believe. Jairus was obedient to the instruction of Jesus.
If Jairus had allowed fear to come and had spoken what was on his mind, he probably would have said, "Jesus, if You hadn't stopped to heal that woman, You would have been there in time to heal my daughter!" Jairus would have gotten into strife, and they would have held a funeral a few days later.
But notice that Jairus didn't speak a word. Not one word proceeded from his mouth. We can learn from this. When things go wrong, when it looks like it's not going to work, when your faith is low, when all hell has broken loose against you and against your confession of faith, just zip your lip!
That is not the time to try to make some faith confessions. It is the time to rest in what you have already said - the words you spoke a few days before when your faith was high, when your Word level was high, when it looked like it was impossible for you to doubt that what you were saying would come to pass.
When the pressue is on, when the trouble and bad news have come, when it looks like nothing will help, when it seems that all hope is lost - that is the time to exercise the vocabulary of silence. Speak nothing! More than likely, if you try to make a confession at that point, you will speak words of fear instead of faith.
Jairus, a few hours before, had his mouth filled with the solution - the answer to his problem, he had established it in faith, But by this time, if he had asked somebody, "What will I do now? What's your opinion of this situation?" they would surely have told him, "It's too late, Jairus. Forget it! You've lost the battle, It's all over!"
But thank God, Jairus didn't ask for anyone's opinion. Anything that he spoke in his situation would have been to affirm the solution instead of the problem. But the prople around him wouldn't have understood, so he chose to be silent.
The end result of the whole matter was that his daughter was raised to life again. The words Jairus established in the beginning were fulfilled to the very letter!
When you speak the solution, calling those things that are not as though they were, people in the wolrd won't understand. Just keep your eyes on Jesus, not on people's opinions. Disregard people's opinions and continue to speak the solution.
Shalom
Shan Chi
Shan Chi
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