Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen!..."
Luke 24:1-6
Why do you seek the living among the dead. the angel asked. It makes me think of a similar question. Why do we so often seek life in the things of death. The things of God bring life. That which is not of God always produces death. Death sometimes comes quickly, sometimes slowly, but it will always materialize if we choose to walk in the world apart from God. Jesus defeated Death and the grave, and on Easter Sunday morning, He walked unhindered from the Death of Friday. The power He demonstrated He has given to us so that by that power and through that power we can walk out of the tombs of our own lives, find freedom from the the graves of addictions, selfishness and sin. Take off your grave clothes and leave them behind. Follow His footsteps out of the graveyard! Find life! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! And He came, died and rose so that we could have life, abundant life full of love, peace and joy, in place of death.
For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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