A Funny Tweet and A Serious Conviction

Jaeson Ma tweeted this today: 

My first reaction to the tweet was, “what an odd prayer request?” Then it hit me like a ton of bricks! Why is it so strange? I mean typically at church when someone has  prayer request it’s usually for better relationships and maybe for the daring, healing for a headache. But why is  a request that God would raise the dead such an odd request? 

I mean, it’s not like it didn’t happen in the Bible. Then it hit me, praying for the dead to rise is not even in my paradigm or world-view. Am I so far removed from a dangerous Christianity into a sterile type Christianity that doesn’t believe in the miraculous? Am I so educated that I instantly rationalize the request?

Wow! I guess this is how the disciples felt when Jesus kept saying to them, “oh you of little faith!” You think you know the guy! 

So question to you – if someone asked you to pray that God would raise someone who recently passed, how would you respond? Why would you respond that way?

Tags: Prayer, Raising the Dead, World View