Imagine with me for a moment that we are two of the disciples, huddling
in a room together, fearing for our lives. The door is securely locked in case
the soldiers come to take us away to suffer the same fate as our Master, Jesus.
Suddenly, Jesus is standing there before us, the door unopened and still
bolted! How might we react? Fear mingled with our joy? Perhaps that is why His
first words were, “Peace be with you.” If we had any doubt before, we would be
convinced by the nail scars and the gash in His side as He displayed them for
us realizing that as mere mortals we would have a hard time believing He was
really there in the flesh. The word says the disciples were overjoyed. That may
be an understatement!
Let us not be calloused to the wonderment of the empty tomb just
because we have heard the story every Easter since we were children. Let us
maintain the awe that children never lose about the story of Jesus rising from
the dead. Does the power of God demonstrated in the resurrection of our Lord
fill you with joyful amazement?
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