Jesus Christ is risen. He is risen indeed!
It often takes some time for us to really get this. Others try to help, but it isn't always enough to hear it from someone else. Sometimes we just need to experience the presence of the risen LORD for ourselves.
But later, as the Eleven were at table, he appeared to them
and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart
because they had not believed those
who saw him after he had been raised.
Our hearts are hard but the LORD keeps looking for cracks. He keeps trying until he finds a way in. He is out of the tomb. But in many ways we are still sealed in our own until Jesus comes to us and sets us free. We need to have this level of experiential conviction, rather than belief on hearsay, in order to be the witnesses Jesus desires us to be.
He said to them, “Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.”
Tell them what? Tell them that the thing we doubted and disbelieved is in fact the case. Tell them that the one who was dead is in truly risen, alive forevermore. Jesus gives us power to help us spread this message. He sends his Spirit with proof. But in order to play our part we need to be so transformed by the experience of his resurrection that we almost have no choice but to speak about it.
Whether it is right in the sight of God
for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.
It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.
May we spend these Easter days experiencing the presence of the risen LORD and becoming his witnesses to the world.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
The joyful shout of victory
in the tents of the just.
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