Do not fear: only Believe!

The Church needs bold faith not noise. And Father’s Day reminds us that real leadership doesn’t always show up in control, but in surrender. Jairus didn’t show strength by pretending everything was fine. He showed strength when he fell at Jesus’ feet in front of the whole town.

Pressure is real. It hits when the bills stack up and there’s not enough in the account. It hits when you’re trying to keep the family together but feel like you’re falling apart yourself. Pressure doesn’t knock. It just walks in and demands a response.

Jairus teaches us how to respond: he pushed past his status, his pride, and his fear. He didn’t care who was watching he just knew his daughter needed a miracle, and Jesus was his only shot. His faith didn’t come dressed up in a Sunday smile. It was desperate, raw, and public.

When the pressure mounted, and people told him it was over, Jesus stepped in with five words that silenced every doubt: “Do not fear. Only believe.”

That’s the Word for us too.

There’s always going to be voices telling you to stop praying, stop hoping, stop standing. But if Jesus is still in the room, then the miracle is still possible. And sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stay close to His presence even when everything around you screams it’s too late.

The noise? Jesus cleared it out. The mourners? He shut the door on their doubt. The miracle? It came the moment He spoke life over what everyone else had already buried.

This is the kind of Church we’re called to be.

Not one that buckles under pressure, but multiplies in the midst of it. Not one that’s afraid of mockers, but walks right past them. Not one that performs for man, but falls in faith before the only One who can truly raise the dead.

Let’s be that Church.

Let’s be those believers.

Let’s carry the kind of faith that turns the funeral into a testimony.

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