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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. - Luke 7:11-15 KJV
The Message For Today (May 7, 2026):
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Now this little‑known story of resurrection at the mere voice of the Lord is one that speaks to the way Jesus saw the end of a thing. Where many people saw death, the city was mourning, the mother was grieving, and the son was dead. The Lord came upon the scene and saw exactly what He saw.
He saw the dead child being carried. He saw this man who was the provider for the widow. In that time, it was sons, and it was husbands that cared for women, and so, as a widow, her son was her provision. And now that her son was passing, this woman was in a situation where the compassion of Jesus was awakened.
And in the compassion of Jesus, he went up, and he spoke directly to the dead man. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise, immediately reviving this young man, bringing him back to life, and he began to speak from a state of death. The shock waves that went through the mourning community, the shock waves that went over the disciples and the people who came with him to the city gate weren’t a light thing to see.
And the scripture says that the fear of the Lord was upon them, that they were indeed scared. They were scared, lo and behold. So what it says in Luke 7:16, it states:
16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. - Luke 7:16 KJV
This is Luke 7:16 in the King James Version. They recognized the power of God, and, of course, it was rumored about that Jesus brought this young man from the dead, brought him back to life, and completely transformed the faith of everyone watching.
Often when we’re seeing the end of a thing, we’re seeing it through natural eyes. We’re seeing it through our flesh, through our pain, through our experiences, and through our finite understanding of the plans that God has for our lives. But what God sees could be completely different.
Where we see the end, God may very well see the beginning of something new. He may see an opportunity to bless you. He may see that in the midst of what you are struggling with, that He wants to shift and change things and bless you. He wants to open up opportunity for you.
Because you see the end doesn’t mean it is the end. Just because it looks finished to you doesn’t mean that it’s done. When we walk through life with an earthly mindset and we walk through the world by what we see versus what we believe by faith, we are inherently operating in limitation. We’re operating in our own understanding. We’re leaning to what we know, and we’re operating inside of something that’s finite, limited, closed‑end.
And when God comes in through prayer, through fasting, through inviting God into a situation, through dear friends, through a friend that’s closer than a brother, through family, through a word of the Lord from someone close, when God comes in, something shifts. When he comes in, revelation comes, ideas come in, vision comes, and what may seem dead on arrival, it may seem done, all of a sudden, that thing, that finished thing, something opens up.
And it may not be that God reopens a door. It may be that He shows you that the door closing was a blessing. It may not be that He will resurrect the dead thing, but it could be that He lets you know that the thing had to die, that something new could be born. In this case, he had compassion on the widow, and out of that compassion decided right then and there to speak to this young man, to look past the dead thing, to look past the end, to look past the natural situation, and to speak life into eternity and say, Arise.
God has the final say
Now, he did the same thing with Lazarus. He did the same thing with Jairus’s daughter in Mark 5. So He did this before, where he resurrected others. He’s done this throughout scripture, whether before or after this moment. He did this in scripture, where people were shocked. Their idea of death was changed.
Not that they just believed no one died. We all know that people pass, we all know that situations close, we know that doors close that were never meant to remain open. But in these three instances - Lazarus out of the grave, Jairus’s daughter, the 12‑year‑old who was revived, and, in this case, the person who has no name - the “young man” is his name, being resurrected by the words of Jesus.
These three instances show us that there are sometimes, in some situations, where we can see the glory of God bring back something that we thought had an obvious deadline. Past the deadline, past what we thought was possible, the Lord resurrects it. He brings life back into it. In this case, the compassion of Him, the heart of Jesus, is what moved all three of these things.
It was the faith of Jesus.
It was an indication of this great man, this Son of God, that he saw beyond the natural. That the miracle, signs, and wonders that we were seeing went beyond the natural. These were derived in the Spirit. There were hours that Jesus prayed to turn around what seemed like impossible situations.
For Peter walking on the water, for the disciples who knew that there weren’t enough fish and there weren’t enough loaves, but God turned that situation; for Mary and for Martha, who knew their brother was dead. The way that we knew that things were over, that we knew they were done. The way that we could read in the scripture these things, and to see that the compassion of the Lord failed not. The compassion of Jesus turned something.
And in this case, no one asked. Not in the case of Lazarus and not in the case of this young man. No one asked for Jesus to revive them. But we see in John 11 a little bit of the indication of why Jesus did this. When we look at the death, and we look at the resurrection, the disciples did not understand why Jesus was still going to the town of Bethany if Lazarus was already dead.
And He had to say plainly to them that Lazarus was dead, because they kept saying, Well, if he’s sleeping, he’s going to be okay. But Jesus was conveying that he was sleeping because someone saw it as a deep sleep. He didn’t see the end as the end.
But when we walk through the scripture, in verse 12 it says of John 11:12,
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. - John 11:12-15 KJV
So in John 11:12-15 KJV, we see that Jesus plainly had to tell them: Okay, he’s dead. He’s not sleep. He’s not just taking a rest. He’s dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe. What is the intent of you waiting two more days? That ye may believe. Even the delay was a blessing for their faith.
It was different: Jesus bringing Lazarus from the dead, Jesus having compassion on this mother, on this widow. They didn’t just see Him wake up somebody who was sleeping outside of those city gates. They saw Him revive the dead, and the dead start speaking, and who knows how many days he was there before he was taken out of the city on the bier.
That we may believe, some situations seem impossible. They seem highly unlikely. It seems like it’s not going to work. But the Lord is faithful, and He’s more than able. There is a grace and a glory that goes forth in these situations where it seems impossible. It seems like the end. It seems like it’s over. But, yut you surrender it to God, and in the surrender, the Lord has his way.
In Mark 5, something particular happened in that instance of resurrection. In Mark 5, when they report to Jairus that his daughter is dead, they say, Why are you troubling the Master? Your daughter is dead. When Jesus hears this, he says something particular to Jairus that may speak to us millennia later, in every situation that we may be facing where it seems like it’s over.
In verse 35, Mark 5:35, it states:
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. - Mark 5:35-36 KJV
Only believe. It’s not over yet.
What may seem dead, what may seem old, and what may seem too late because we’ve grown and we’re too far gone from who we were, or maybe, just maybe, it’s been decades or it’s been years, and is it time, or has the time gone by? We serve the God who holds the time in His hands. We serve the God who opens up the heavens at His discretion, at His will.
We are followers of the God who sent his Son to endure the cross, death, burial, and the resurrection, that we would be reconciled, that he would be the seed of many. There’s nothing too hard for the Lord. There’s nothing too hard for our God.
When looking at those dead things in your life, looking at those dreams that you put on the shelf, those things that stayed on the back burner so long that they became obsolete. Maybe it just feels like it’s too long, and that, you know, too many seasons have come and gone. But the will of the Father prevails. The Lord will restore. The Lord restores. He makes all things new in His time. He turns the battles around.
When we trust him, we can begin to experience that grace and that glory. We can begin to experience that peace in every part of our lives. When we know that it may seem like it’s over, but when God comes, he comes bearing life. He comes bearing the weight of glory. He comes with a fresh fire. He comes, and he proves that the deadlines didn’t matter, that all things work to the glory of the Lord. They work in the favor of our God. All things work together for your good.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My Prayer for You:
Father, in the name of Jesus, thank you. Lord God, I thank you that your mercies are new every morning. I thank you for this daily devotional. I thank you, God, that it is a little bit more somber than usual, but, God, sometimes a little somberness is needed. A little reminder that you are with us.
A reminder, God, that in the peace, in the stillness, in the rest before your presence, O God, that your Spirit still speaks, that your glory goes forth. Whether we’re ministering from the rooftops or whether we’re sitting in quiet prayer, your glory is right here in the midst of us.
So wherever the mighty woman of God is, I thank you, Lord God, in whatever capacity she’s listening, maybe she’s in her car, maybe she’s on the way to work, or maybe she’s in her kitchen and she’s preparing breakfast and this word is going forth, O God, Lord, I just thank you that it’s not over.
I thank you, God, that the situations in her life, O God, are not over, that the grace and the glory of God come in your presence. Lord God, I thank you for the fullness of joy. I thank you, God, for your right hand, the right hand of God that keeps us, lifts us, restores us in the name of Jesus.
I thank you, Lord God, that it’s not over. I thank you right now, God, that the mighty woman of God would be reminded that you are her God in and out of season, and that if it is your will that she start building again, believing again, that you will empower her to see the victory in Christ Jesus.
Lord, I thank you, and I bless you right now, God, for the outpouring of your Spirit. I thank you right now, for, God, you are Jireh. You are God alone, and there’s nobody like you. I thank you, Lord God, for the peace of God. I thank you for being God in the midst.
I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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