With Easter fast approaching, I listened to Sandy Patty’s classic song, Was It a Morning Like This. The song asks that question about resurrection morning. Was it a morning like this? To tell you the truth, I don ‘t think it was. I think it was brighter, clearer, more beautiful than any morning sunrise we’ve seen since.
The announcement of Christ’s release from the grave may have gone to Mary first, but you can’t tell me there was one single soul on earth who did not wake sensing something was different. I believe people felt a new hope in their hearts that morning, even if they didn’t know why.
I believe mothers kissed their children more sweetly. I believe neighbors greeted each other more kindly. I believe even the dogs left the cats alone! Because after all – love had returned to the world. The Son lived again and the Father wanted everyone to know!
A Mighty God does not do things in a minor way. He is a God of the magnificent and of the amazing. He is a God so powerful He could have snatched His Son off that cross, and so omniscient He chose not to. His plan and His timing are perfect.
Can’t you just picture that Father staring at the sealed tomb, tears streaming down his face, arms lifted in anticipation waiting for the perfect moment to give the command? Waiting… waiting … waiting … and then at the exact instant He knew was right, the power of God pierced the sky to wrap around that massive stone and effortlessly move it aside.
The heart of God the Father and the heart of Christ the Son met at the entrance of the tomb in a sweet and beautiful reunion, witnessed by no one because it was too private, too precious, too moving, too emotional for the human heart to handle.
Oh, God, I am so thankful You do things in a mighty way. I am so grateful You carried out your plan for mankind. I am so humbled at the overwhelming love you showed. Thank you for the privilege of standing here today – and every day – with the sure confidence to proclaim that I know! I know that my Redeemer lives!
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth. Job 19:25
