the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Luke 8:40-56
Jairus, this ruler of the synagogue whose only daughter is on the point of death, pleads with the Lord Jesus to come to his house. He does not have as much faith as the centurion in Luke 7:1-50; the centurion knew that one word from the Lord was enough to heal his servant, even at a distance. While the Lord Jesus is on His way, He is secretly touched by a woman who had previously spent all her living in consulting many doctors. As well as healing her the Lord wants to give her the assurance of peace; that is why He encourages her to make herself known.
The Lord Jesus then continues His journey with the troubled father, and with "the tongue of the learned" speaks a comforting word (v. 50; Luke 7:13; Isaiah 50:4). Then an extraordinary thing happens. At the call of "the Prince of life" (Acts 3:15), the young girl gets up immediately. But the Lord Jesus knows that she now needs food and in His tender concern, He makes sure she receives what she needs. So in these two circumstances we see the love of the Lord manifested even after deliverance has taken place: towards the woman as He establishes her in a personal relationship with Himself and bringing her to confess Him publicly; towards the young girl in feeding and strengthening her.
