When Obstacles Get In Your Way
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For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
When Obstacles Get In Your Way
1. There are always obstacles which will hinder our getting to Christ.
Obstacles - a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.
barrier · hurdle · stumbling block ·block · hindrance · snag - drawback · handicap · deterrent · complication · difficulty · problem · disadvantage · obstruction · barricade · blockade ·
a. Those obstacles are oftentimes the very people who
should assist us in our quest.
Some people think God is the problem, the church, the preacher ect..
As Jairus sought the Lord, he found that Christ was thronged (flock or be present in great numbers) with people.
Not only that, but he found the Master, Himself, busy with the cares of others. (lost in the shuffle)
Everything seemed set to stop him in his quest.
There is one thing true, however, obstacles only hinder the indifferent.
Indifferent - having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
He who is serious minded will allow nothing to stop him in his approach to the throne.
Illustration:
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Do you remember how blind Bartimaeus sought the Lord?
The more he cried, the more savagely did the crowd urge him to hold his peace.
Did he cease to cry?
NO.
He cried out the more. He cried the louder.
Shall we who long for peace and pardon stop at every criticism which is thrown at us?
Shall we give up our quest because some friend persecute us.
Shall we give up our journey because some make light of our inquiry?
Shall we give up throw in the towel because of a doctor report?
Shall we shipwreck our faith because we don't understand The Why?
No, a thousand times no...
2. Our very obstacles God may use to help us on our way.
The chief obstacle that stood between Jairus and the Lord was caused by a woman, who had come up behind the Lord Jesus, and had touched the border of His garment.
Even when Jairus had pushed himself through the crowd, he soon found this woman holding the Master’s attention. Was Jairus not the ruler in the Synagogue, and was she not his inferior? Was his daughter not lying at home a-dying, and could she who had impoverished herself during many years by spending her living upon the physicians, not step aside in his behalf? Why should he be barred from the Master by such as she? Such thoughts may have come to Jairus.
Yet, this is exactly what he needed. He needed to have his own faith increased. This is what occurred. “Jesus said, Who touched Me?”
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
When she saw that she could not be hid she came trembling, and falling down before Christ, “She declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him.”
She then declared how she had been healed immediately. Jairus heard Christ say unto her, “Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole.”
Do you see that while Christ was working this miracle, Jairus stood by? Do you see that Jairus was being made ready, by Divine providence; to exercise faith in God, a faith which was required to meet his own dire need?
Yet, this is exactly what he needed.
He needed to have his own faith increased.
This is what occurred. “Jesus said, Who touched Me?” When she saw that she could not be hid she came trembling, and falling down before Christ, “She declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him.”
She then declared how she had been healed immediately.
Jairus heard Christ say unto her, “Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole.”
Do you see that while Christ was working this miracle, Jairus stood by?
Do you see that Jairus was being made ready, by Divine providence; to exercise faith in God, a faith which was required to meet his own dire need?