Life-Giving Power

 

“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!

Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:”

Luke 24:5-6

 

Some questions posed in scripture may not be as thought provoking as others.

But I cannot think of many like this one: 

“Why do you seek the living among the dead?”

That should cause us to pause and think – “What am I chasing after in life?”

It is a question as relevant today as it was the day it was asked of the woman headed to Jesus’ tomb with the spices they had prepared.

Indeed, He was no longer in the grave.

But so many today seek life from dead and formal religion.

It has about as much life in it as an empty container.

That is exactly what the woman found that morning.

An empty container, an unoccupied tomb!

 Jesus, whom they loved, was indeed risen.

The promise made was a promise kept.

One would expect nothing less from the Almighty One.

Today, the morning after the celebration, remember that that same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in you.

Life-giving power in you to advance the Kingdom of God;

what will you do with it today?