Mark 16:8

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

Women who had been around Jesus ~ following Him, caring for His needs, being helped by Him ~ had plans for their day. They were going to put spices on Jesus lifeless body. As they walked to His tomb they were discussing the details, one being how to move the stone. They arrived at the tomb to witness the miraculous. The most important detail they had worried about wasn’t even an issue. The stone was moved. They saw and heard an angel telling them that Christ had risen. The heavenly plans for their day were now laid out…to share the good news about Christ. Did they do as they were told? No. Trembling, bewildered and afraid they fled and said nothing.

I almost always have at least a mental “to do” list for every day. I must admit that these rarely have many things on them that others would find exciting or desirous of doing for me. I have seen God do some mighty things that I never would have thought could have ever been a part of that day or any day. I am convicted by this passage, however, because I am sad to say that I, like these ladies, choose to say nothing about what God has done. Why is that? Am I so busy thinking of mundane details that I don’t see the day from God’s perspective? Am I afraid that people with think I am strange for talking about the reality of God in my life? Am I bewildered because I don’t know enough about my God to really believe that His hand was able to have brought about such a great thing? Do I sometimes not even recognize His work at all? Do I let myself get so consumed by the mundane that I don’t hear, listen and respond to Him prompting me to tell of the miraculous?

Lord, show me your hand today. Take my mind away from the mundane and let me be aware of the miraculous. Help me to be bold in sharing about what you have done for me…starting with how you were risen that morning, conquering sin and death. John 5:24 says “Whoever hears my word and believes in Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from the death to life.” Nothing mundane about that! That’s a miracle! Thank you for working that miracle in my life today and for my eternity.

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