Jairus and the Crowd: Luke 8:40-42
“40) And as Jesus returned, the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. 41) And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house; 42) for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.” Luke‬ ‭8‬:‭40‬-‭42‬ ‭
Jesus was developing a reputation very unlike the religious leaders of His day. He preached the Gospel of the Kingdom. He had genuine compassion for people. He cast out evil spirits. He healed the sick and performed many amazing miracles.
Yet He had many critics, especially from the Pharisees, Sadducee’s, priests and religious leaders. But when they faced huge personal crisis, even they quickly turned to Jesus.
Such was the case of Jairus the official of the synagogue. His only daughter was dying. She was twelve years old. He came and fell at the feet of Jesus and began to entreat Him to come to his house and heal his daughter.
This was no time for religious bias, jealousy or prejudice. He was desperate and only Jesus offered any hope for help. Notice, he did not run to his own religious leaders. They were inept and powerless.
There is nothing like a crisis to force people to filter through religious and philosophical barriers and consider Jesus. Don’t wait for a crisis to seek Jesus!
Time was of the essence, but there was one problem, everyone else was flocking to Jesus as well. During His time on earth, Jesus was restricted to time and space. There wasn’t enough of Him to go around! Jesus had to duplicate Himself.
Stick with me, you are about to discover two amazing promises. First, in John 14:11-15, Jesus promised that those who truly believed in Him would do greater works than He performed. He gave/gives His authority to His followers to do in His name everything He did. He did indeed duplicate Himself.
Second, in the same text a few verses later, Jesus promised to send the Helper. (John 14:16-18) He would come with power and He would be omnipresent. He would be everyplace at the same time.
We are now living in the age of the Holy Spirit indwelling every true believer. The fulness of Jesus is in every born-again and Spirit filled believer. Nothing is lacking for those who understand and embrace the full scope of their new identity and position “in Christ.”
Ignorance and unbelief are barriers blocking most believers from appropriating the authority, power, dominion and presence of God in their life and ministry. These are like the crowd that hindered Jesus from getting to the daughter of Jairus.
The last paragraph is pregnant with meaning. Review it many times until your spiritual understanding embraces the full scope of your identity, filling and position “in Christ.”
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global

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