Kebangkitan Anak 12 Tahun ~ Ps. Jose Carol

Cerita Kebangkitan
Catatan Ibadah Paskah ~ 17 April 2022

Markus 5:36-37 Tetapi Yesus tidak menghiraukan perkataan mereka dan berkata kepada kepala rumah ibadat: "Jangan takut, percaya saja!" Lalu Yesus tidak memperbolehkan seorang pun ikut serta, kecuali Petrus, Yakobus dan Yohanes, saudara Yakobus.

Selanjutnya, Yesus hanya memperbolehkan beberapa murid-Nya yang ikut serta ke rumah Yairus karena suara orang banyak seringkali bisa melemahkan iman.

Markus 5:39-40a Sesudah Ia masuk Ia berkata kepada orang-orang itu: "Mengapa kamu ribut dan menangis? Anak ini tidak mati, tetapi tidur!" Tetapi mereka menertawakan Dia.

Bagaimana bisa mereka tertawa setelah menangis? Lalu Yesus memegang tangan anak itu dan membangkitkannya.

Markus 5:41-42 Lalu dipegang-Nya tangan anak itu, kata-Nya: "Talita kum," yang berarti: "Hai anak, Aku berkata kepadamu, bangunlah!" Seketika itu juga anak itu bangkit berdiri dan berjalan, sebab umurnya sudah dua belas tahun. Semua orang yang hadir sangat takjub.

Waktu Tuhan berbeda dari waktu kita. Cara-Nya pun berbeda dari cara kita. Semula Yairus sudah menentukan waktu kedatangan Yesus, yaitu segera datang, tetapi Yesus malah diinterupsi oleh wanita pendarahan. Dia bisa saja bertanya seperti Marta ketika Lazarus meninggal: "Tuhan, sekiranya Kamu datang segera..."

Yohanes 11:21 Maka kata Marta kepada Yesus: "Tuhan, sekiranya Engkau ada di sini, saudaraku pasti tidak mati.

Yairus bukan hanya menentukan waktunya, dia pun sudah menentukan caranya, yaitu agar Yesus meletakkan tangan di atas anaknya. Namun, Yesus hanya memegang anak itu dan berkata: "Talita kum". Lalu anak itu bangkit berdiri dan berjalan.

FOUR DAYS LATE (Karen Peck and New River)
The news came to Jesus: "Please come fast. Lazarus is sick and without Your help he will not last."
Mary and Martha watched their brother die. They waited for Jesus. He did not come and they wondered why.
The dead watch was over. Buried four days. Somebody said: "He'll soon be here, the Lord's on His way."
Martha ran to him and then she cried: "Lord, if You had been here, You could have healed him. He'd still been alive."
But Lord four days late and all hope is gone. "Lord, we don't understand why You waited so long?"
But His way is God's way, not yours or mine. And isn't it great when He's four days late, He's still on time.

Jesus said: "Martha, show me the grave." But she said: "Lord, you don't understand he's been there four days."
The grave stone was rolled back. Then Jesus cried: "Lazarus, come forward!" Then somebody said: "He's alive, he's alive."
You may be fighting a battle of fear. You cry to the Lord: "I need You" but He has not appeared. Friend don't be discouraged 'cause He's still the same. He'll soon be here. He'll roll back the stone and He'll call out your name.
But He's four days late and all hope is gone. "Lord, we don't understand why You waited so long?"
But His way is God's way, not yours or mine. And isn't it great when He's four days late, He's still on time. He's still on time.
Oh my God ... When He's four days late, He's still on time. He's still on time.

12 Tahun