THE WIDOW’S SON

Elijah prayed, and God miraculously raised the son of the widow at Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17-24). He was dead, but God gave him new life.

God used Elisha to raise the dead son of the Shunammite woman (2 Kings 4:18-37). The same… dead was made alive.

At the little village of Nain, Jesus resurrected the widow’s son (Luke 7:11-15).

And, while I was dead in sin, my mother wept for me, praying that God would give me new life. He did.  

Clearly, God cares about broken-hearted mommas… He has compassion!

Only recorded in Luke’s Gospel, this unforgettable account is recorded in a few short sentences. As Jesus, accompanied by a “large crowd … neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out” (Luke 7:11-12). The pallbearers, with an open stretcher, led another “large crowd from the town” (Luke 7:12).

Jesus immediately took notice of the grieving mother. The dead boy “was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said, ‘Don’t weep’ ” (Luke 7:12).

Jesus didn’t just say, “there… there… don’t cry… you will feel better in a while…” Rather, Jesus “came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And he said, ‘Young man, I tell you, get up!’ ” (Luke 7:14). The compassionate heart of Jesus was moved to action. He said, “Let there be … life!”

He was stone-cold-dead, on his way to the graveyard, but when Jesus showed up, he sat up… alive! “And Jesus gave him to his mother!” (Luke 7:15).

“… think on these things” (Philippians 4:8, KJV).