Luke 24: 1-12
24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.”’ 8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like non-sense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
I imagined myself being with the women going to the tomb with spices for burial. I expected the tomb to be cold. Then warmth radiated from the men/angels. At first I was very happy. It was so beautiful. Then I just stood there soaking in the sunlight. It was so like Jesus to give us this gradual awakening. The stone was rolled away very quietly, no big fan fare. Jesus didn’t choose to speak to the apostles immediately. For me, I see a slow movement to the excitement of the resurrection.
Jesus doesn’t push himself into my life. He slowly moves through events in my life. Often I don’t even realize his presence until I look back in hindsight. Jesus wants to be present in every part of my life, not just in those spiritual highs. I want to glorify him in the every day.