Hope your Easter
was as Abundant
as Holland Flower Farms!
lifted their faces
and
smiled upon you
Oh, the places you'll go.
Fellowship
or
Intense Prayer
When Jesus went up to see the Transfiguration, He had to eventually come down the hill. Back to work. Faith does this as well for most of God's children. And God, our Father weaving all things for good, calls to us: Seek and you will Find.
Scripture encompasses doubt, faith through fear and doubts at all levels, and, strikingly, to home base, all events and circumstances. And what did Jesus say as He came to level ground after the Transfiguration? A faithful father asked Jesus to heal his son, the disciples had failed to heal. And Jesus asked him if he had faith. In the Holy Spirit, the father cries out, he does have faith, Jesus, please, help this man to have more faith. Incredibly wise to believe God helps us to have more faith. When the Holy Spirit helps us clarify our prayers. Aligned with God Himself.
Our Father says we should treat Him as a Friend we would go to at midnight for help. And continues this in Matthew 14
25 And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”
We don't always arrive at the same time. Midnight. 4 in the morning. Dawn
On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene arrived first. And went boldly alone to the tomb to do what she could for Jesus. Running back, disciples arrived the same morning.
Matthew 28:8-10
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came up and took hold of His Feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”
And we know not all the Disciples were on the same note or verse, or on the same page, or even the same Hymn. The evidence is from the beginning to the close of the age. J.M. Barrie’s 1911 novel, "Peter and Wendy" we know, "The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it."
3 days later...
Luke 24
17 And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?”
And they stood still, looking sad.
18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 And He said to them, “What things?”
And they said to Him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death, and crucified Him
21 But we had hoped
that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this,
it is now the third day since these things happened.
22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find His body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”
25 And He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His Glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
John 20:26-31
Eight days later,
His disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side. Do not disbelieve, but Believe.”
28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Now, Jesus we believe could walk on water, transcend the Sea of Galilee in John's Gospel, Chapter Six. Appear inside locked rooms where the hidden hide in terror. And travel from 33 A.D. to 2026 as He upholds the Universe, by the Power of His Word. Hebrews 1.
And Jesus flies to us in His Word.
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed.
No one who is human lives in the peace beyond understanding. This simply is not the Will of God anymore than the Children of Israel flew during the Exodus. Even the Disciples kept on tremble, tremble, trembling.
In the beginning of The Ministry of Jesus, they did not all line up and all 12 were suddenly noble. Instead there were times and seasons. Starts and stops. And even on Palm Sunday, the Disciples have different memories of this time. Some were sent to procure the donkey and horse and missed a significant portion.
And when the Disciples proclaimed the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, they went to different cities.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,
as good stewards of God's varied grace
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of Lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
The Salvation of God
Revelation 7:9-16
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the Throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice,
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the Throne, and to the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing around the Throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped
God
Saying,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and power
and
might be to our God
forever and ever!
Amen.”
Genesis 18:14, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:27, Luke 18:27
“Behold,
I am the Lord,
the God of all flesh;
is there anything too difficult for Me?”
Matthew 7:14
For the Gate is narrow
and the way is hard
that leads to life,
and
those who find it are few.
Amos 5:14-15
Seek good, and not evil,
that
you may live;
and so
The Lord, The God of Hosts,
will be with you,
as you have said.
Hate evil, and Love Good,
and
establish justice in the gate;
it may be that
The Lord,
The God of Hosts,
will be gracious
to the remnant
of Joseph.
And in Jesus - This Hope.
Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.
Thank You, Father.
Amen!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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