He loves performing miracles, showing people what He’s really capable of. He wants to bring His children out of fiery furnaces with not one burn or the smell of smoke on them.

Once we learn to trust God, we’ll begin to notice all of the “scenery” that God wants us to take note of along the way. Sometimes God does provide instant healing, but if He delivered us from pain right away EVERY time, would we never learn anything from it? We would remain “baby believers” forever, but God wants us to mature spiritually to fulfill the purpose He has for us.

The real message that hit me while reading this story was, “and I STILL rose.” I was like dang, Jesus had the worst of the worst done to Him, then died, was put in a tomb that was SEALED and GUARDED, and guess what?