Luke 24:1-12
Just as Jesus said He would do, He rises from the dead three days after His death. Even though amazed, pretty much everyone seems to be confused. So far, in this passage anyway, no one has seen the living Jesus, just the absence of His body and they wonder what it all means. To us looking back, we wonder why they are all so dense. Why can't they seem to figure out what has been spelled out so clearly for them? Why don't they just immediately believe that Jesus has risen from the dead like He said He would?
We so often forget that we have the Gospels written out for us will all the explanations we need. The writers are making comments along the way so that we get the point about what Jesus did, why He did it, and the impact it was going to have. But the characters in the story are living it in real time. They are taking all of what they had been taught before and with Jesus as well as all of the views of what they thought Jesus was going to be and trying to make sense of it all. Despite Jesus' warnings, the crucifixion had shattered their view of what they thought was going to happen. They are still hurt, scared, and confused.
Are we really any better? We have all of the explanations and evidence of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and yet we live as though we are uncertain of what it all means. We don't really believe that Jesus has the power to help us or take care of us and so we try and take care of ourselves. We hold back what we have for ourselves instead of using it to spread the love and message of Jesus because deep down we don't really believe Jesus is serious about who He says He is and how He wants us to live. Just like so many in this story we create for ourselves a Jesus that we want to follow who is comfortable and who gives us what we want instead of the real Jesus. We create our own god. Every once in awhile Jesus rocks our world and we have to chose whether to believe Him and do what He says or chose to be rebellious and perhaps even self deceived. Jesus isn't lost, but we so often are. Look within yourself. Ask Jesus to show you who He really is, and be brave enough to believe and then follow the real Jesus.
We so often forget that we have the Gospels written out for us will all the explanations we need. The writers are making comments along the way so that we get the point about what Jesus did, why He did it, and the impact it was going to have. But the characters in the story are living it in real time. They are taking all of what they had been taught before and with Jesus as well as all of the views of what they thought Jesus was going to be and trying to make sense of it all. Despite Jesus' warnings, the crucifixion had shattered their view of what they thought was going to happen. They are still hurt, scared, and confused.
Are we really any better? We have all of the explanations and evidence of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and yet we live as though we are uncertain of what it all means. We don't really believe that Jesus has the power to help us or take care of us and so we try and take care of ourselves. We hold back what we have for ourselves instead of using it to spread the love and message of Jesus because deep down we don't really believe Jesus is serious about who He says He is and how He wants us to live. Just like so many in this story we create for ourselves a Jesus that we want to follow who is comfortable and who gives us what we want instead of the real Jesus. We create our own god. Every once in awhile Jesus rocks our world and we have to chose whether to believe Him and do what He says or chose to be rebellious and perhaps even self deceived. Jesus isn't lost, but we so often are. Look within yourself. Ask Jesus to show you who He really is, and be brave enough to believe and then follow the real Jesus.
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