Luther is right to say that no human reason or philosophy comprehends these two marks of God. Faith is the readiness to answer 'Yes' to the command and 'Yes' to the provision. This brings us to the great word of challenge in this text for you and me. Faith is nothing other than trust in the power of the resurrection against every deathly circumstance . It is the God who surprises us with life in the midst of death who can be trusted.
Resurrection concerns the keeping of a promise when there is no ground for it.
Paul's turn on the text may be I Corinthians. Both are about trust. Here I am, Lord, send me . It means something so paradoxical that it is difficult to express in a few words. It means the One who at the same time makes absolute demands upon us and offers freely to give us all he demands.