Key Verse: "Jesus said, Take ye away
the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him,
Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days."
- John 11:39 KJV
We find in all our Lord's life, an economy of miracle. He never put forth supernatural power, unless it was necessary. Could not Jesus have taken away the stone himself? Certainly he could. The power that could call the dead to life, could easily have lifted back the piece of rock from the door of the tomb. But there is always something left for human hands to do.
God honors us by making us co-workers with himself, both
in providence and grace. He feeds us—but ordinarily we must toil to earn and
gather our own food. He saves people's souls; but he uses men to speak the
message, and then to help in winning the lost. He makes his work dependent,
too, upon our fidelity in doing our part. He still wants us to take away
the stones that shut our friends in their prison.
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