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In relationships, value seems to be placed on being right. Arguments may start and some relationships have ended because people want to be right. Jesus was right about a lot of things, but notice His behavior in the midst of the conflict:

In the case of raising Lazarus up from the dead, Jesus had a conflict with the sister of Lazarus (John 11). Lazarus’ sister was upset with Jesus because He didn’t heal Lazarus before he died. When Jesus said He would raise him up, she didn’t think immediately.

Jesus could have gotten into an argument about how He was going to raise Lazarus up and after He raised Lazarus up, He could have had an “I told you so” moment with Lazarus’ sister. Instead, Jesus remained calm, allowed his actions to do the talking, and He didn’t boast about being right.

This also occurred with Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8). When Jesus informed Jairus his daughter was not dead but asleep, everyone laughed. Jesus kicked everyone out and healed his daughter. Jesus could have walked out and said, “I told you so,” but He didn’t. He continued to do the work of God.

What can we learn from this? If we believe we are led by God to do a certain thing or if we believe we’re correct about a certain topic, there’s no need to argue about it. We should allow our actions to do the talking. If we’re correct, the other person will see. We don’t need to yell “I told you so” or hold it over the person’s head for the next week. Let’s grow in maturity and take the importance off of being right.

Luke 8:52 Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don’t cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!” 53 They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead. 54 But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Get up, child!” 55 Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat