From the sixth hour until the ninth hour
darkness came over all the land. Matthew
27:45
I am reminded (and will
do a seriously shortened and fractured version) of a message made famous and popular
by Tony Campolo – It’s Friday, and Jesus was painfully on the cross. He had been brutalized, beaten, spat-upon,
ridiculed, and deserted, and it’s Friday.
Yet while on the cross, He entered into the worst and most painful of
all judgments – separation from His Father, and while all the sin of all
humanity for all time came on Jesus in those dark and dismal hours, He was
totally alone and He died. It’s
Friday…..but Sunday’s a’comin’!
There have been times
all through my life when I felt as though I was in a type of an “it’s Friday”
situation. Everything seemed bleak,
dark, and confusing, and I felt deeply alone.
It felt like a living death; a death on the installment plan as it were (for
you older folks who know what that is!).
It felt as though I was dying little bits at a time. It was Friday in my world and darkness came over
all my land. But Sunday was a’comin’!
This Easter, I am
remembering how God is with us, how He never left us, and how He brings us back
to renewed life in Him. There are those
times when everything looks like it’s dying and we feel so alone. But Sunday is coming, and we can celebrate
and remember Jesus’ resurrection. We can
celebrate that we were never really alone and that we have been strengthened by
going through the dark times. Yes,
darkness does come over the land of our lives, but please remember and
celebrate that God is the God of Resurrection!
He is the God of making things new!
Celebrate and be glad that just as God raised Jesus from the dead, He
will do the same for each one of us!
May our Father in
heaven grant each one of us His peace, His joy, and His love!
Happy Easter!
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