In today's GB News Daily Reflection, we remember the image of Lazarus of Bethany emerging from the tomb wrapped in burial cloths to suggest that people often conceal their pain, shame and emotional wounds, while Jesus Christ offers liberation, healing and restoration by calling them to be “unbound” and made whole again.
"We often wrap ourselves in bandages when we hurt ourselves, when something bad has happened or for support.
"We read in the Bible about a story of Jesus and his friend. Lazarus has been dead and in a tomb a bit like this.But Jesus calls him out of the tomb and says, come out!
"And the dead man, Lazarus, comes out. His hands and feet bound with strips of cloth just like this. And his face is also wrapped in a cloth.
"And Jesus says to them, unbind him and let him go.We read in this passage in John chapter 11 that Jesus finds the man who is dead.The stink of death in us is often wrapped up. The wound of our lives.
"Where we've hurt ourselves is often wrapped up in a bandage. We cover it up, we protect it, or we hide it. And Jesus, his message is, let me unbound.
"You let me let you go and make you clean and whole again.If you're feeling that the stink of your life, or the death of your life, or the things in your life that have hurt you are bandaged up and holding you back.
"I encourage you think about this message where Jesus says, I unbound you and let you go."
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