Maybe Martha had read that story. And she knowed if God was in that prophet, that Jesus was the Man of the hour then. And surely God was in His Son if He was in His prophet. So she goes out to meet Him. And when she met Him… She could’ve upbraided Him, now, because she sent for Him to come. Lazarus had been dead four days and was stinking. And she run out to meet Him. She heard He was coming. So she was persistent. She left the funeral procession and run out to meet Jesus. Though He’d done turned her down, she went to meet Him. She was persistent. And she run up to Him, and she said, “Lord, if Thou would’ve been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever You ask God, God will give it to You.” I like that. See? “Though he’s dead, though he stinks, yet whatever You ask God, God will give it to You.”

Now, that’s the way to get something done. Now, that’s the way you congregation ought to be about your pastor. See? That’s when God will answer. That’s right. You’ve got to approach God’s gifts in the right way, with reverence. And ministry is minister gifts. They’re gifts in the body; five spiritual gifts that’s predestinated and foreordained of God to the church. I know there’s nine local gifts in the body, but these are God’s office gifts, the office: apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists. And we must respect them if we expect something from God.

She ran right up to Him, and she said, “Lord, if Thou would’ve been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever You ask God, God will give it to You.” I like that. Although the doctor said this… “But even now, Lord…” The doctor says you got cancer, “But even now, Lord…” The doctor says you can’t get well, “But even now, Lord…” That’s it. “Even now, whatever you ask God…” And He’s setting on the right hand of the Majesty, a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities, ever living to make intercessions. Oh, my. Own Bloody clothes laying before the altar of God: High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. Your faith can touch Him. He can take a office in the church, and speak right back through them lips, and tell you exactly: He’d do the same work He did when He was here on earth. He promised to do it, and He’s doing it. Amen. Why can’t we be persistent? Certainly—with such as that, far more than she had.

Notice. Now, Martha, she said, “Even now whatever You ask God, God will give it to You.” Look at that. Though He’d turned her down, said, “Only thing I want you to do is just ask prayer. Whatever You ask God, God will give it to You.”