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Mark 5:22–24 (CSB)

²²One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet ²³and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well^, and live.” ²⁴So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

Mark 5:35–43 (CSB)

³⁵While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?”

³⁶When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” ³⁷He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James’s brother. ³⁸They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” ⁴⁰They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father, mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”). ⁴²Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded. ⁴³Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this and told them to give her something to eat.

Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, came to Jesus and said, “My little daughter is sick.” Jesus said, “I will come to your house and I will heal her.”

In Mark 5:22-24, we find Jesus on His way to Jairus’s house, but He was delayed in His journey because of the multitude that thronged Him and the miracle He did for the woman with the issue of blood. Jesus was met with this message: “While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further” (verse 35).

By the time Jesus got to Jairus’s house, the girl was dead and Jesus and Jairus were met by mockers who laughed them to scorn. Jesus put them all out of the room, then He and the child’s parents went into the room where her body lay. Jesus took the little girl by the hand and said, “Damsel, I say unto thee, arise!” He spoke the Word with divine authority and whenever He did, miracles occurred.

You cannot give someone responsibility without giving Him authority to carry out that responsibility. Jesus has given us the responsibility of bearing witness to Himself throughout the length and breadth of this world. He also has given us the authority to carry out this task. We may speak the word and have the same miracles that Jesus had, for whatever He says, we may boldly say.

Some people think they have a free-for-all license in their relationship of responsibility and authority. Such a relationship does not exist. No one is a law unto himself. If you think you are a law unto yourself, you are still in a spirit of rebellion. You need to get on your face before God and let Him break that rebellion until you learn how to be submissive to the Holy Spirit and the plan of God for the Body of Christ.

Some people walk around saying, “I can do what I want to do. I am free in the Spirit of God.” You are not free in the Spirit of God. You are free with divine authority to do what God tells you to do.

Make this declaration:

I have both responsibility and authority. I am empowered with divine authority to do everything God tells me to do.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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