Life confronts death and life prevails

Sunday service 18th May 2015 Jesus will change your life forever- Rev Owen Wafula

Luke 7:11-17 In the hospital there are two places: one is the mortuary and the other is the labor ward. In the labor ward there is joy, screaming, crying and celebration because life is being made. On the other hand in the mortuary there is silence, people there don’t care, have no feeling even if you give them nyama choma, and they don’t care. It’s only the mortuary attendants tossing the bodies around. Before Jesus went to Nain, he had healed a man in Capernaum and they people were rejoicing while on the other side in Nain, people were sad because a widow had lost her son. Jesus felt pain, sorrow when he saw the tears of the woman. And he spoke to the woman and said “don’t cry. Many of us maybe passing through many things that make us feel lonely but I say don’t cry. They say when men cry their tears fall into the stomach. However there are situations you don’t have to be a man. Women cry to express their emotions.. Each one of us has issues that can make us cry. Jesus says don’t cry. I visualize Jesus walking to the woman and telling her doesn’t cry. He went to the poll bearers and they stopped and he went to the dead woman’s son and spoke to him and said “Young Man Wake Up!”. Life and death confronted the young man but death disappeared. The man woke up!. What is causing your tears to come out? Rejection, mourning, do you feel lonely, nobody cares: Listen to me Jesus has come!. The purpose of Jesus going to Nain was not to raise the young man but to meet the need of the widow. What was her need? The young man had died , maybe the husband had dies not long ago and she thought her son would take care of her. She had put her hope in her son but had now gone. She had lost hope. If you told her God is good, she would ask good for what. Jesus wanted to affirm the goodness of the Lord. The object of God’s love , what attracted the compassion of Christ wasn’t the crowd, son but the widow. Today you are afflicted, paining, you are the centre of attraction of God’s love. He is passing because of you. You are the interest of Christ. He wants to see you happy John 10:10b I came that you might have life and have it abundantly. The word might is an option. You can choose to have it or not. As you sit here, Christ is looking on you. He wants you to prosper, become victor but not victim, head and not tail, that is his interest. If you are going to remain mourning, that’s a choice you make. When life meets death, death disaapears. Death brings sorrow, pain. Jesus changed sorrow to joy, pain- healing, useless –useful. You can change your status today. In verse 17 of chapter 7 the people started worshipping after the miracle. They knew they were in a place that God was working. My brother you are in a place where God is working, a place of miracle. You can receive yours today. When light meets darkness, darkness disappears and so is life and death because Jesus is the author of life. You may have hoped for something but at some point, it may have died. I want to tell you when you meet Jesus; he brings it back to life. And there will be celebration. Let me conclude by saying when Jesus comes into your life he will change it forever. You are the business of God today. Allow him to take charge!!