Some weep, some demonstrate capacity

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. 
Acts 9:36 (KJV) 

 Tabitha wasn’t just a name in the early church—she was a vital presence; a woman whose life was filled with compassion, kindness, and kingdom service. She had touched so many lives that when death visited, grief broke out like a flood. The widows stood weeping, holding the garments she had made, proof of a life poured out in love. 

Yet their tears, though sincere, could not bring her back. Why? Because love, while powerful, is not the same as spiritual capacity. 

They believed she shouldn’t go. But belief alone wasn’t enough. They washed her body, laid her in the upper room, and waited. They remembered that Peter was nearby—a man with stature, with the authority to call her back. 

The early church had faith, but only one had the capacity to confront death and win. 

Calling demands capacity. Burden requires stature. 

Many in the Body of Christ today weep over broken homes, bound communities, and oppressed lives. But we often lack the maturity, authority, or priestly training to effect restoration. We have emotion but not the equipment. We have a burden but not the blueprint. 

Capacity is what heaven looks for in a crisis.

Peter, on the other hand, had what it took. He walked in, assessed the room, and did something radical: he put them all out. Why? Because noise is not power. Sentiments are not strategy. They loved her, but they couldn’t raise her. And their noise would have been a distraction. 

Capacity is what heaven looks for in a crisis. And Peter demonstrated this regarding Dorcas.  

It was Jesus who raised Lazarus, not Martha or Mary. Why? Not because they didn’t love Lazarus, but because they didn’t carry the call… they didn’t have the capacity. 

In Isaiah 59:4, God mourns not only the evil in the land, but the fact that “none calleth for justice.” The bondage wasn’t just because of sin—it was because no one had grown into a judge. 

Your assignment may not be to weep—it may be to call. 

To become the kind of vessel God can use when the room goes silent and resurrection is needed. Will you step up to that call?  

Song of Worship 

Made For More 

Song by Josh Baldwin, feat. Jenn Johnson 

Prayer – Lord, don’t just make me loving—make me ready. Grow me into the kind of person You can send into dead situations. Help me grow in wisdom, capacity, and spiritual strength, so I don’t only weep with the church—I help raise the church. In Jesus’ name, amen. 

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