It is Resurrection Day.
Let the magnitude of that sink in for just a moment. Sit with it and think about what all that means to us.
Since we celebrate communion together each week as a church, I sometimes fear that the miraculous becomes just a little mundane. But Easter Sunday is the day that Jesus rose from the dead. Far from being mundane, that fact should probably bring us all to our knees!
Wait, what? Jesus is risen and they went back to their homes? I'm not sure what I would have done but I don't think going home would have topped the list.
What was Mary Magdalene's response? She stood outside the tomb crying (verse 11). She was alone and frightened. They had just placed Jesus in the tomb on Friday and now His body was gone. She didn't know what to do next but it is clear that she didn't want to leave the last place where she had seen Jesus.
Do you ever feel that way? Something unexpected has happened and you just don't know what to do next. You thought you were walking in God's will...you felt confident that you had heard His voice leading you in a specific direction. But things keep popping up that make you wonder. And nothing is turning out quite like you expected.
Perhaps at those times, we all need to follow Mary Magdalene's example and return to the last place where we know we heard from God. What was the scripture He gave you? What was the confirming circumstance that occurred? Go back there and wait. Just like Mary, there may be tears. There may be fear. There may be uncertainty. But Jesus didn't leave Mary hanging long in her uncertainty and anguish. While she was waiting, He appears and calls her by name.
I don't know where you are waiting to hear from God...or how long you have been waiting. But if we are willing to go back to where we first heard Him speak into our situation, He will show up for us too.
It might just be a Resurrection Day all our own.
- Holly Barrett
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