Thought of the Day !!

Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.

Then the angel spoke to the women. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you."

Matthew 28:1-7 (NLT)

The women come to the tomb and are given two instructions by the angel of the Lord. Today we hear the first set of instructions, COME and SEE. Tomorrow we'll look at the second set, GO and TELL.

God seeks us continually. We Methodists call this prevenient grace. It's His calling us into a relationship with Him through His Son. He's always calling us to come and see because He wants us to experience the greatness of His love.

If you've never experienced a touch or a word from God through His Holy Spirit, then you're missing out. If you've never felt Jesus come into your life, then that is the first step. The bible teaches that if we will seek that we will also find. So please seek His presence in your life today.

What I can't understand is the people out there that supposedly have experienced Christ's love in a very special way (through feeling His presence, hearing His calling, being warmed all over, or whatever) and are not desperate to sense that presence again. God's presence is simply addictive. Once you've been to the mountaintop, how in the world can you not have a deep desire to go again?

Do you long for God's presence today? God often times speaks to us in the quietness of our lives. But would you like more? Would you like to hear Him so that you would not be able to help but distinguish His voice from whatever else is out there? Would you like to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Would you like for God to come down and bring a shiver up and down your spine with His presence? If so, then come and see, pray and ask. The good news is that the tomb is empty and that our God is a God of life, not death. And if He has the power to overcome death, He surely has the power to simply touch our lives in a very dramatic way so that we can be overjoyed.

In the love of Christ,
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