There’s always HOPE!
When Jesus came, Martha met him outside of Bethany and said that Lazarus had died. Jesus told her that he would rise again. Martha responded back that she knew that he would rise again at the end of time. At this time, many Jews believed that the soul hovered around the body for 3 days after death and you weren’t really dead until you were dead for 4 days. Martha still had hope, but it was a future hope. Lazarus had been dead for 4 days. Martha couldn’t see how anything good could come from this. In her present circumstances all hope was gone. Then Jesus resurrected Lazarus.
The same thing for many of us. We have hope, but that hope is a future hope. We tell ourselves that things are going to get better, that GOD has a plan and we will see it one day, that we are going to a place where none of this matters. In our present circumstances, hope is lost. Just like Lazarus, Jesus comes and stands outside our tombs and speaks life to us and resurrects us from our graves. (Jeremy Mitchell)