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.
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