Sickness is not uncommon. All will sometimes face sickness. Yet his sickness will be surrounded by very uncommon events. This is what makes this story so different. It is this difference that demonstrates the awesome power of God.
Any sickness is a cause for concern.
This sickness was perhaps already in the terminal stages and surely the sisters of Lazarus recognized this. They exercised faith in the Lord by approaching Him. They showed human pathos by telling the Lord that the sick person was one whom He also loved. If we permit Lazarus to be a type of the very common sinner, then we allow the sisters to typify the concerned soul winners and the Lord to be the compassionate Saviour. May we remind ourselves, that apart from God s saving grace, we are all in the terminal stages of sin.