Monday Munchies...Food for Thought: Sunday is Coming
There are times in everyone’s life when things aren’t going their way. Today’s munchies are another of those not so controversial, or questioning. It is about hope. Specifically a lesson we can learn from Easter.
This lesson is centered on the idea of holy week, which is a tradition that the church has celebrated much longer than Christmas. In any case, let’s look at Thursday night. Jesus is hanging out in the garden, saying some prayers, and he gets arrested. Peter gets mad and cuts a dude’s ear off, but Jesus doesn’t want his disciples to fight. What a terrible night that must have been for the disciples. Jesus arrested and He won’t let you fight for Him.
But wait, it gets worse. Friday, Jesus is nailed to a cross and dies. The messiah whom the disciples had given up everything they had to follow is dead. What an awful day. It’s kind of hard to imagine that kind of feeling, your goal in life, dead.
But wait, you guessed it, it gets worse. Saturday is the worse day in the history of the world. Jesus is dead, and what explanation do the disciples get from God? What semblance of understanding do they receive? There is nothing. God doesn’t speak to them. This day is so sad, I can’t begin to find words to describe what its like when the Son of God whom you have experienced day in and out for about 3 years suddenly isn’t there.
How many times in our lives are we living in a Thursday where our hopes start to die, or a Friday where our hopes are destroyed? Even worse how many times are we in a Saturday where heaven itself seems to be quiet and maybe even not care?
There is good news at the end of this story, and this is where we can find hope. Sunday is coming. God was active during the suffering of holy week, but the disciples cared mainly about Sunday. Sunday Jesus arose, everything was made better. The good news is that when we are going through Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, no matter how long they last, Sunday is coming. They got no answer on Friday, but Sunday was coming. They got no answer on Saturday, but Sunday was coming. Finally, Sunday came. What an amazing experience.
I guess I just wanted yall to know that no matter how bad things get, no matter how quiet God seems to be…Sunday is coming. Have hope. Hope is what sets us apart from other religions. Sunday is coming, and how great it will be when it gets here.
2 comments:
Awesome post Aaron, good stuff!! What a great analogy.
One thing I took away from it was that sometimes God can purposefully keep silent during certain times. Like on Saturday, Jesus was dead and the disciples were stunned, confused, and downhearted, but they heard nothing. God can keep silent sometimes to build character, perseverance, to test our faithfulness to Him, and so on. Job was tested this way. The disciples were also tested in that same way. A few days earlier they were certain Jesus was the Son of God and after He died they all had doubts. But then Sunday Jesus rose, along with their hope and they went out proclaiming and testifying boldly at what they had witnessed. God has promised never to leave or forsake us. I think this post is great encouragement when we are in a dry spell or fell like God doesn’t care. The dry spell could even be a blessing, because it could be a chance to show God that you love him enough to stay faithful during those Saturdays when everything is not rosy.
Good insight Vitamin A, I learned a lot thanks for sharing that post.
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