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Podcast 39.3 Transcript
Welcome to Thursday Thoughts at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s think about this.
Let me like Mary through the gloom
…very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. Mark 16:2 ESV
She had watched them place His body in the tomb days before. Now she was returning in the early morning to the same tomb, with tears in her eyes and sadness in her heart. How can we follow her there? How can we enter into that sadness so as to feel that desperation?
Come with a gift to Thee
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. Mark 16:1 ESV
As you approach, do you have a gift? Mary brought something that she thought Jesus needed. She brought spices to anoint Him for burial. As you come to worship, what gift will you bring? What do you think Jesus “needs” from you? Will you anoint Him with praise?
Show to me now the empty tomb
And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. Mark 16:6 ESV
Jesus only borrowed that tomb. What an incredible thought! Look into the tomb and see it empty. Jesus was here, cold and dead, but He is here no longer for He has risen. If we associate with the death of Jesus we can share in His resurrection. Look into the empty tomb.
Lead me to Calvary
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. Mark 15:47 ESV
To fully appreciate the joy of the resurrection morning, we must be willing to contemplate the sadness of his burial evening. The empty tomb Mary saw days later was exhilarating because days before she had seen them lay Jesus’ dead body there. We must be willing to go there too.
Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has come to your mind, or listen to what He is saying to you, then I will read our text once more, with the refrain.
Let me like Mary through the gloom
Come with a gift to Thee
Show to me now the empty tomb
Lead me to Calvary
Lest I forget Gethsemane
Lest I forget Thine agony
Lest I forget Thy love for me
Lead me to Calvary
Take the mindfulness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond. Until next time, Be Resonant.
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