(Tuesday edition...sorry about that. I was feeling a bit under the weather last night and just 'hit the hay' early.)
March 23 @ CWCC (Joe Lechner)
Text: John 20:24-29
Easter Sunday morning. What more can be said? In many ways, it is the height of the calendar year for the Christian. The resurrection account never fails to astound me and move me deeply. So many facets, so many interesting details, so many rich and awe-filled thoughts.
I'll simply point to two different phrases that struck me from this passage and the exposition of it. First, as we summarize Thomas' review of the situation and the corresponding conclusions that he draws, we are reminded that 'Jesus is not to be evaluated by us.' Rather, we are to realize that we are already evaluated as 'guilty', but then miraculously and graciously redeemed! How can it be?!
Second, verse 28 points to the appropriate and right response to such truth. "Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!'." At the next turn of events in my life, whether as mundane as pouring a glass of orange juice or as spectacular as witnessing the birth of our fourth child, I pray that I will have eyes that see all that God has done for me anew. May my response to His initiatives in my life lead to similar expressions of thanksgiving and awe.
All God's best!
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