Talking to the dead, old testament style: 1 Samuel 26:1-28:25
Resurrecting the stinky dead, new testament style: John 11:1-54
Praise the Lord, all you nations: Psalm 117:1-2
Plans fail for lack of counsel: Proverbs 15:22-23
Can you imagine how embarrassed Abner was in today’s reading from 1st Samuel? :)
Saul certainly seemed lost. As king, he had a real problem with the Philistines attacking and no word from the Lord on getting out of it. It seems weird to think that Saul was able to communicate with the dead Samuel, but that’s what the Bible says happened and that’s what I believe happened.
Then in today’s reading from John, Jesus takes it up a notch. Instead of talking to the dead, Jesus resurrected the dead!
Some people think that Lazarus wasn’t really dead. They say he was in a coma or something like that. And Jesus’ seemingly lackadaisical attitude in John 11:6 to stay 2 days when He got word that Lazarus was sick, seems to support this theory. But He waited so that we’d believe in Him more (verse 15). He wanted Lazarus to be dead (verse 14). Even though Jesus knew He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead, He was so into Lazarus’ death and Lazarus’s loved ones mourning that Jesus Himself cried about it (verse 35). Isn’t it nice that Jesus gets into our deep hurts? We’re not alone when everything seems to go wrong.
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