On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lighting stood behind them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; HE HAS RISEN!" Luke 24:1-6
When I was younger my mom would read this account of the resurrection and I recall wondering how many angels it took to move that big boulder enough to let Jesus out. I now know that Jesus was not "let" out. I envision Jesus still dead lying in the tomb and then at just the right moment He sits up. He had risen. In that moment, as death was defeated, I imagine the sound that erupted from the tomb was deafening as the very power of God was unleashed and that which was immovable, the boulder, rolled away from the entrance. If death could not defeat the LORD then a mere boulder could not keep Him in the tomb. GLORY!!
Monday night I shared my testimony with some of you. My marriage was once dead. It lay in the tomb and a large boulder had been placed over it. People even told me that I was lost; I'd never survive what I had done. My husband and I stand today as living testaments to the power of our RISEN LORD. When Jesus met me that evening of December 18, 1999, He walked into the tomb where my marriage lay and He breathed life into that which was dead then He spoke and the power of God was unleashed and that which was dead sat up and the boulder could not help but roll away. My husband and I walked out of the tomb together; our marriage, our very lives, restored through Jesus Christ.
There have been times when I have struggled with the memory of what I had done and I hurry to visit the tomb where my dead marriage once lay. I arrive at the tomb breathless and as I bend down and peer inside the Lord asks me, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" The tomb is empty. Halleluiah!!
As we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord I challenge you to look at your own life. Go and visit the tomb where your old self used to live. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ Jesus he is a new creation. Behold, the old is gone, the new has come." As you peer into the tomb where your old self used to lie, be still. Do you hear Him? His voice thunders across your soul as He asks, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" He is RISEN!!
An Original Conversations at the Well By Diana Morgan
April 8, 2009
When I was younger my mom would read this account of the resurrection and I recall wondering how many angels it took to move that big boulder enough to let Jesus out. I now know that Jesus was not "let" out. I envision Jesus still dead lying in the tomb and then at just the right moment He sits up. He had risen. In that moment, as death was defeated, I imagine the sound that erupted from the tomb was deafening as the very power of God was unleashed and that which was immovable, the boulder, rolled away from the entrance. If death could not defeat the LORD then a mere boulder could not keep Him in the tomb. GLORY!!
Monday night I shared my testimony with some of you. My marriage was once dead. It lay in the tomb and a large boulder had been placed over it. People even told me that I was lost; I'd never survive what I had done. My husband and I stand today as living testaments to the power of our RISEN LORD. When Jesus met me that evening of December 18, 1999, He walked into the tomb where my marriage lay and He breathed life into that which was dead then He spoke and the power of God was unleashed and that which was dead sat up and the boulder could not help but roll away. My husband and I walked out of the tomb together; our marriage, our very lives, restored through Jesus Christ.
There have been times when I have struggled with the memory of what I had done and I hurry to visit the tomb where my dead marriage once lay. I arrive at the tomb breathless and as I bend down and peer inside the Lord asks me, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" The tomb is empty. Halleluiah!!
As we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord I challenge you to look at your own life. Go and visit the tomb where your old self used to live. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ Jesus he is a new creation. Behold, the old is gone, the new has come." As you peer into the tomb where your old self used to lie, be still. Do you hear Him? His voice thunders across your soul as He asks, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" He is RISEN!!
An Original Conversations at the Well By Diana Morgan
April 8, 2009
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