Section 9
instead of going immediately upon receiving the news of Lazarus' sickness? Strictly speaking, the Lord waited for two days because He would not only heal people; rather, He would enliven us. The Lord never heals according to our under standing; He heals by enlivening. Can you find the term "healing" in chapter five about the im potent man who was sick for thirty-eight years? Was that man actually sick in the eyes of the Lord? No, in the eyes of the Lord that man was dead. The Lord did not heal his sickness; He en livened that dead man. Therefore, the principle of life through resurrection is that the Lord al ways enlivens the dead.
Do you think that the Lord wants to heal you? The Lord wants to enliven you. According to the old concept, healing means to reform or to improve you. But the Lord never comes to improve you or to regulate your behavior. He always comes to enliven you. The Lord's only intention is to impart Himself to you as the enlivening life.
For this reason the Lord refused to go to Lazarus immediately to heal him of his sickness. He waited until Lazarus was thoroughly dead and buried. He waited until Lazarus' human life had come to an absolute end. Lazarus was so