Some things are serious; the process must be hidden until the work is complete

The Easter story is truly an amazing one. I like the fact that the stone that covered the tomb was rolled away. We assume that it was rolled away for Jesus to come out but we don’t know for certain that He walked out through the door. He is a Spirit and could have left in any way that He chose. After all the bible tells us that the apostles were in a room praying when He appeared in their midst. Though we don’t know why, God must have had a reason for making obvious the fact that the stone was rolled away. I would like to suggest that one of such reasons may be that He wants us to know that He sometimes goes step by step ensuring everything is sorted out so that we will be comforted when He elects to do a step by step work in our lives.

John 4: 24 “For God is a spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” 

We often expect God to upturn due process for us “since He is God and controls all things” but if the stone needed to be rolled away for Jesus, then we must know that our God is orderly and honors due process except in exceptional cases. Maybe He wants everything done perfectly in your case so He may not upturn a process for you just because He can but He will still come through. Interestingly, though raising Jesus was the most important miracle that weekend, it was not the dramatic. We are told though that it was an act of God by the Holy Spirit; but the lesser job of rolling away the stone was so dramatic even the angel could not be ignored because of his appearance. God sometimes works behind the scenes to bring to pass the real blessings so don’t stress if there is yet no drama around you.

Mathew 28: 2 – 4 “Suddenly there was an earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. His face shone like lightning, and His clothing was as white as snow. The guards shook with fear when they saw Him, and they fell into a dead faint.”

The real miracle was the resurrection of Jesus which was done quietly. God does not need a lot of noise to do what He wants to do in our lives. He has a way of distracting the enemy while He is working out His purpose. When God begins to work blessings in our lives, He often hides it. I dare to suggest that He does not like people toying with unfinished jobs. The problem with us however, is that we like to announce that God is working whilst the work is in progress. Instead of hiding, a strong desire to be relevant draws us out of hiding because we can’t wait to show others that there is something happening in our lives. We feel a compelling need to let others know that “though we are going through difficulties, things are happening in our lives too.” In that process the announcement is too soon and the enemy attacks aborting the process.

Mathew 28: 7 “And now, go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and He is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see Him there.

There is a time for everything under the sun so there is a time for announcement of the blessings and God does that Himself. It was the angels that announced to them that Jesus had been raised and gone ahead of them to Jerusalem. Jesus could have done it Himself but He did not. Don’t be in a hurry; He will make the announcement when He is ready.