Just As He Said

Devotional Reading: He isn’t here—he has risen victoriously, just as he said! Come inside the tomb and see the place where our Lord was lying. Matthew 28:6 TPT

The Easter Story comes to a close in this victorious scene in Matthew 28. Can you put yourself in Mary Magdalene’s shoes right before she hears the angel’s voice? In your mind, you know Jesus is dead, but your heart is holding out for the faintest of hopes that He still lives.

Then a glorious, radiant angel appears in front of you and tells you what you had hardly dared to hope.He has risen. Just as He said. The battle has been won. It is finished.

This is my prayer for you reading this now, I pray that hope would overflow in your heart because of the finished work of Christ. Yes, we are still building the kingdom of God on earth. Yes, we are still being sanctified. But we are not doing all of those things to get to a place of love and victory, but we are doing it from a place of love and victory. And knowing that changes everything. It quiets the striving in my mind of proving myself. No longer do I have to wonder if I made the right sacrifices or repeated the right prayers in order to be accepted as one of God’s children.

Our victory has been secured and we can confidently share the good news, grow in Christ, and love others as we await Christ’s second coming. The ultimate Promise Keeper indeed kept His word. He is risen, just as He said.

Prayer and Confession
The resurrection made me see that God keeps His promises. So, I put my trust in His unfailing ability to bring to pass His word concerning me. Hallelujah!

Further Reading – 1Corinthians 15:55-56