Saturday: Silence

Jesus died. He was buried. And...

"On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation... They went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard." ~ Matthew 27:62-66

The tomb was shut.

Silence.

What must His followers have thought? Did He let them down? Could He be trusted? Was He really all powerful? What was going on? Why didn't He do something?!

What do you think? Do you stay paralyzed in fear? Do you mourn? Do you question? Do you doubt?

I do.

Perhaps it is because we are afraid to ask?

"For He taught His disciples and said to them, 'The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.' But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to ask Him." ~ Mark 9:30-32

"...He said to His disciples, 'Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.' But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying." ~Luke 9:43-45

Perhaps He is not so silent after all...

Listen.

Knock.

Seek.

Ask.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." ~Matthew 7:7-8

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." ~James 1:5-8