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Merero ya ho bala
Remember his strength
Remember his strength – Day 11
Frank Retief

Remember his strength – Day 11

Where is Jesus when I need him?

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

MAREKA 5

36Empa Jesu ha a utlwa se bolelwang, a re ho mookamedi wa ntlo ya thapelo: “Se tshabe; dumela feela.”

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MAREKA 5

22E mong wa baokamedi ba ntlo ya thapelo, ya bitswang Jairuse, a fihla, mme ha a mmona a itihela maotong a hae, 23a mo rapela haholo, a re: “Moradi wa ka o lekgatheng la ho shwa; ako tle, o mmee matsoho, hore a tle a fole, mme a phele.” 24Yaba Jesu o ya le yena.

A latelwa ke letshwelehadi, le neng le penyane ho yena.

25Ho ne ho ena le mosadi ya qetileng dilemo tse leshome le metso e mmedi lehatlelo la hae le sa kgaotse, 26ya neng a sotlilwe haholo ke dingaka, a sentse tsohle tseo a neng a ena le tsona, empa a sa fumana thuso, bohloko bo ntse bo tota. 27O ne a utlwile tsa Jesu; yaba o tla kamora hae hara letshwele, mme a ama seaparo sa hae. 28O ne a re: “Leha nka ama diaparo tsa hae feela, ke tla fola.”

29Hanghang lehatlelo la hae la kgaotsa, mme a ikutlwa hore bohloko ba hae bo fodile.

30Yare ha Jesu a hlokomela hore matla a tswile ho yena, a retelehela ho letshwele, a re: “Ke mang ya amileng diaparo tsa ka?”

31Barutuwa ba hae ba re ho yena: “O a bona hore letshwele le penyane hodima hao, empa o re: ‘Ke mang ya nkamileng?’ ”

32A thalatsa ka mahlo ho bona ya entseng jwalo. 33Empa mosadi, ka ho tseba se etsahetseng ho yena, a tla ka tshabo le ka thothomelo, a itihela kapele ho yena, mme a mmolella nnete yohle. 34Yaba o re ho yena: “Moradi, tumelo ya hao e o fodisitse; tsamaya ka kgotso, bohloko ba hao bo fole.”

35Yare a sa ntsane a bua, ha fihla ba tswang lapeng la mookamedi wa ntlo ya thapelo, ba re: “Moradi wa hao o shwele; o sa kgathaletsang moruti?”

36Empa Jesu ha a utlwa se bolelwang, a re ho mookamedi wa ntlo ya thapelo: “Se tshabe; dumela feela.”

37A se ke a dumella motho ho mo felehetsa, haese Petrose, le Jakobo, le Johanne ngwanabo Jakobo. 38Ba fihla tlung ya mookamedi wa ntlo ya thapelo, mme a fumana ho le lerata, batho ba lla, ba bokolla haholo. 39Ha a kena a re ho bona: “Keng ha le tlatsa lerata, le lla? Ngwana ha a ya shwa, o mpa a robetse!” 40Ba mo ja ditsheho.

Yare hoba a ntshetse batho bohle kantle, a nka ntata ngwana le mmae, le bao a nang le bona, a kena le bona kamoo ngwana a leng kateng. 41Yaba o mo tshwara ka letsoho, o re ho yena: “Talitha, kumi!” e leng ho re: “Ngwanana, ke re ho wena: Tsoha!”

42Hanghang ngwanana a ema, a tsamaya. O ne a le dilemo tse leshome le metso e mmedi. Kapelepele ba hlollwa ho qeta. 43A ba laya ka thata hore ho se be motho ya tsebang hona, yaba o re ba fe ngwanana seo a ka se jang.

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The story in Mark 5:22-43 is full of interesting and mysterious things. Jesus is approached by a troubled and anxious father to heal his eleven-year-old daughter. This man, Jairus, was neither an enemy nor a critic of our Lord. He was simply a father, although, he had great standing in the community because he was one of the rulers of the local synagogue.

We read that Jesus went with him but on the way, he was delayed by another person with great personal needs. The woman who stopped him, enroute to the young girl, had suffered for years with a bleeding condition. We can only imagine what that must have meant for her physically, psychologically and socially because she would have been considered unclean, and conjugally – if she was married at all – her husband would most likely have disowned her. Therefore, Jesus stops to deal with her and help her.

Meanwhile, imagine the family waiting for Jesus with great anxiety. Does he not know how serious their daughter’s condition is? Why does he not come at once? Why does he allow himself to be delayed?

How often have we felt like that? Our personal circumstances have taken a bad turn and in desperation, we have called out to the Lord. However, nothing seems to happen. Then, the news arrives that the girl had died. Jesus ignores the messengers and urges the family to have faith! Faith in what? Faith in fate or in medicine or in the unknown, or what? No, it is faith in HIM. By trusting him, they are saying, “We believe that you come from God. We believe you have all power in heaven and earth. Although we do not understand all your ways, we know you not only know best, but will do what is right and in alignment with your purposes.”

As we know, the story ends well. The young girl is healed and the family is comforted.

Does this mean that there will always be healing for us or that every crisis will be resolved satisfactorily? No! What this great story tells us, is that there will come a day when Jesus will “wake” us all up from the grave and in that new world, which he will bring with him, there will be no more death, sickness and sorrow.

Of course, this story also tells us how compassionate our Lord is with us all, here and now! We may certainly bring our sorrows and anxieties to him. However, remember the little girl died first before she was raised to life and so too with us. Our circumstances may not seem to change much outwardly, in fact, they may even seem worse. In other words, somehow for us it seems that the worst that can happen seems to happen first, with no intervention from the Lord.

Nevertheless, he who has authority and power over all things seen and unseen, is still in control of your circumstances if you belong to him.

His word to you is, “Don’t be afraid. Just believe.” Believe not in the mystical power of faith, as many superstitious people do, but believe in him, his love for you, proven by his death on the cross, and believe that he is in control of your life and working all things out for the best, and for his own ultimate glory. Whatever conclusion there is to your personal dilemma, sad or happy; you are never out of his hands, never cut off from his care and never outside of his purposes.

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