🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿
The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened. Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions.
Afterward Jesus Himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. —Mark 16:8
🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿
Emptiness is an uncomfortable feeling. One of abandonment and abbreviation. The ending of a pursuit. The exodus of a person. The closing and cessation of something meaningful. But in Christ, the finish doesn’t have the final word. The closure is not a conclusion. The conclusion is not a completion. On the contrary. In Christ, the closing is just the beginning.
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We long for fullness.
We map our lives with purpose, planning, and people. The road ahead proceeds with promise until a disruption occurs. The enemy stealthily interrupts our lives and steals away bits of happiness and pieces of hope. A disaster, a disease, a diagnosis, a death, a divorce, a disappointment. A dream of a happy family, a desire for a healthy future, and so much more.
We long for fullness in our life, not emptiness. Our hearts desire to receive, not lose what we love. The women who come to the tomb and find it empty, are bewildered. But when you and I come to the tomb, instead of bewilderment, be blessed.
For us, what does the empty tomb mean?
The resuscitation of love.
The regeneration of life.
The restoration of loss.
Beloved, the empty tomb has a message for you. Take what you have lost, and take it to the tomb. Gather what the enemy has ambushed and attacked, and give it to God. Empty everything into the empty tomb. Let it go, and lay it down.
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We long for focus.
What our hearts leave behind in the tomb, God leads us to look ahead bolder: the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. On this side of heaven, there are lasting losses we experience that will never be regained, recovered, or reclaimed. But in the tomb, Jesus replaces our loss with heart truths to sustain our seeking, supersede our suffering, and save our souls:
I leave the tomb to come after you.
I lose my life so that the tomb doesn’t hold you anymore.
I let death take my life so that you will know real life.
I lead the way from the tomb to the truth.
I love you.
The great exchange of the empty tomb: Jesus infiltrates our emptiness and inundates it to the fullest to overflowing. Jesus runs after us from the tree to the tomb to this truth: Eternal life to fulfill and fill your soul for all eternity.
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We long for the final word.
Leave the past and pain of your heart inside the tomb. Jesus exits the tomb to extend you His unfailing salvation that is eternally sacred for your soul. Empty tomb. Full soul. Empty tomb. Full spirit. Empty tomb. Full heart.
The finish doesn’t have the final word. The empty tomb does.
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In the uncertainty
And the echo of the empty
God has a plan He carved already
Truth tumbling from the tomb from the tree
His goodness is chasing after me
To deny the lie and satisfy my soul eternally
His heart pursues my heart relentlessly.
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©️2020 Jordan Su