If someone were to tell you that all things are possible
what would you think? What if you doubted this to be true, but then this person
goes on to make an impossibility into a possibility right before your eyes. And
then, he does it again, and again, and again... This is what made Jesus
seductive, causing thousands of people to literally follow him around. They
didn’t need to believe anything is
possible, because they were actually seeing it.
Then they saw the body of Jesus drug through the streets of
Jerusalem, put on cross, and die. Then as Jesus’ corpse was laid into the tomb,
laying right beside him was the idea that all things are possible. That idea
died. The power of God also laid there, seemingly lifeless.
Watch the attached Youtube video because
I think most everyone prefers to keep the belief that anything is possible
sealed up in that tomb. If anything is possible then we are challenged by the
many things we believe are impossible. Or worse, we are put at odds with our
view of God because of the impossibilities we have prayed to be possible… but
in the end they remain(ed) impossible.
We daily relive the Saturday between Friday’s crucifixion and Sunday’s
resurrection, with the idea that all things are possible, as
if we were caught up in some sort of Christian Groundhog Day. We guard the tomb
like one of the Roman soldiers sent assure Jesus’ corpse stayed put.
So, reality check time: Do you live with Jesus inside or
outside of the tomb?
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