The process of change

The process of change.
Acts 9: 40

“Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning towards the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up.”

Copying Jesus who would send people out of the room before he healed them, Peter does exactly the same thing.
When you have an idea of something good happening then the last thing you need is a room full of weepers whose only thought is negative. So get rid of the distraction.

Peter then shows his reliance on Jesus and not himself by kneeling and praying. We don’t know what he prayed. But sometimes a person’s position is more important than what is prayed. Peter was on his knees of surrender.

Them Peter tells Tabitha to do what she could not do, because she was dead. Leaders have to reverse the trend. They have to stand up and declare the opposite. When people say it cannot be done, sometimes leaders have to say it can.