How cool is that?
I think we take it for granted sometimes because we've heard it so many times. But seriously, sit there and think about it.
Jesus was DEAD. Then a few days later HE WAS ALIVE AGAIN.
That blows my mind.
However, that's not what I'm going to write about today. Instead, I'm going to write about the first couple of verses that I so often just skim over.
"When the Sabbath had ended, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James went out and purchased burial spices so that they could anoint Jesus' body. Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. On the way they were asking each other, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?' But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside."
Mark 16:1-4
What's the significance of these verses?
Well, let me tell you, they've hit me like a ton of bricks here lately.
Read back over those verses.
"On the way they were asking each other, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?'"
I can only imagine the conversations they must have been having as anxiety and fear consumed them on their walk to care for Jesus' dead body. Three women, fully aware of their incapability to roll away the large stone in front of the tomb... of course they're going to worry.
Does that anxiety sound familiar?
I know it does for me. It's like clock work in my own life. Every 5-6 months I find myself worrying about how I am going to afford paying for my upcoming semester of school. So quickly I forget the provision that God has continually poured over me during my past three years of school, and I quickly get consumed by the vicious cycle of worrying as I think about my own "large stone" that I am afraid of having to deal with.
Read back over those verses one more time.
"But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside."
How amazing is that?
I mean, we already know the rest of the story and why the stone had already been moved... but just think about how those three women must have felt.
What a sense of relief they must have experienced!
They had just spent their whole journey worrying about how they would ever move that stone, but the problem was already solved ahead of time for them.
God sure does have a good sense of humor, huh? Or is it just that He truly cares for our every need.
Much like Mary, Salome, and Mary Magdalene, I will find myself worrying over the most trivial (though the seem huge) things in my life. However, when it comes down to it.. I'm only worrying about a problem that has already been accounted for and solved by my Heavenly Father.
He is so faithful to provide for me to attend school every semester, as He is faithful in every aspect of my life.
Honestly, I've written this blogpost to myself. It is no secret that I am a worrier. However, I couldn't help but to share the Truths that God has been permeating my life with over the past couple of weeks. I hope and pray that He speaks to your heart as He has been speaking to mine.
"The Lord will work out His plans for my life—for your faithful love, Oh Lord, endures forever."
Psalm 138:8
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