The moment the bad news arrived —
“Your daughter is dead.”
— Jesus didn’t let Jairus decide how to respond.

He immediately spoke:

“Do not be afraid; only believe.”
Mark 5:36

Fear always tries to speak first.
It wants to write the ending before God enters the scene.
It wants to close the door that faith is trying to open.

Jesus wasn’t asking Jairus to pretend.
He was inviting him to trust.

Miracles often begin with what we choose to do in the first few seconds after fear speaks its version of the future.

Faith isn’t loud.
It’s steady.
It’s choosing to stay with Jesus even when the news breaks hard.

And Jairus did.
He kept walking with Jesus — step by step — until life returned where death had spoken.

Faith grows strongest when it answers fear before fear settles in.