Luke 8:49-56

Nothing is impossible with my God…nothing! 

Our faith in the things that cannot be seen by our physical eyes but are discerned spiritually pleases God. Pray without ceasing. In the measure that you believe HIM you can receive from the very hand of your Father.

Your faith has saved you. The reason behind this instruction is not clear. Earlier in the chapter, after Jesus drove out the legion of demons, He gave the opposite advice, encouraging the man to tell everyone what God had done. The different approaches might be due to the nature of the miracle (casting out demons as opposed to raising the dead), or it might be due to the location and audience (a non-Jewish region east of the Sea of Galilee versus the mostly Jewish area around Capernaum). Faithlife Bible.

This miracle highlights not only the authority of Jesus, but also the response of faith that God honors.  Sleeping, a common metaphor for death, indicates in this passage that the girl’s death was not permanent. NKJ Bible.

Luke 8:49–56 (NKJV)

⁴⁹ While He was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.”

⁵⁰ But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” ⁵¹ When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. ⁵² Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.” ⁵³ And they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead.

⁵⁴ But He put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.” ⁵⁵ Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat. ⁵⁶ And her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened.

Mark 11:22 (NKJV)

²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.