When Jairus came to Jesus to plead for Him to help his daughter, he ran through the crowd. At this time, it was not socially acceptable to run. Jairus was also a religious leader, and most of the leaders by this time were already plotting against Jesus. Yet Jairus was "desperate for hope" so he threw away things that were comfortable and acceptable to ask for help.

When he reached Jesus, he didn't try to barter or make a case because of his status. He merely begged for Jesus to help. I think this is a good example of his faith and his acceptance of where he stood. Often we think we need to make a case for the things we ask for. We do this because we either think that we are not worthy on our own or we have a greater right to be helped than others. It's interesting that thinking too little of ourselves of thinking too highly of ourselves can manifest in the same way.

There's much to be said about the verse "let your yes be yes and your no be no." Trust is simple. Fear, doubt, pride, jealous, insecurities make things complicated. They make us need to elaborate, to justify our thoughts, our dreams, our existance.

Jesus knew who he was and he knew who Jesus was. He was just a man approaching the Son of God who loves. Jairus gave no reason for why Jesus should come, yet he expected Jesus would choose to help. And when the men came and told him his daughter was dead, he believed enough to allow Jesus to continue to come. Even when he saw his daughter lying dead he had hope.

The people at Jairus' house laughed when Jesus said the girl was sleeping. Because of that, He removed them from the room before performing His miracle. if faith allows God to show us miracles, disbelief prevents miracles from happening. We may accept Jesus and believe in the things He did thousands of years ago. But what about today? Are we - am I - willing to believe in miracles today, or do we just take everything at face value?

Jairus ran to Jesus out of desperation. Sometimes that's the place we need to get to to have the depth of faith we need. No matter our motivation, God still accepts us with open arms when we come to Him with a sincere heart.