Today’s devotion sent to survivors and advocates:)
Today is the day between Good Friday and Easter. Yesterday, we “celebrated” the worst thing that could every happen. The only man that was ever perfect, who gave his life for the sake of many, was cruelly and publicly murdered in the most vicious of ways. Thankfully, that was not the end of the story. Paul Tripp says in New Morning Mercies on 3/31 that “In God’s righteous and wise plan, this dark and disastrous moment was ordained to be the moment that would fix all the dark and disastrous things that sin had done to the world. This moment of death was at the same moment a moment of life. This hopeless moment was the moment when eternal life was given…it was the moment of amazing grace…the capture and death of Christ purchased for us life and freedom. The very worst thing that could happen was at the very same time, the very best thing that could happen.”
Tripp goes on to say: “God takes the disasters of your life and makes them tools of redemption. He takes your failure and employs it as a tool of grace. He uses the “death” of the fallen world to motivate you to reach out for life. The hardest things in your life become the sweetest tools of grace in his wise and loving hands.”
Jesus did die. He was buried in a tomb for 3 days. But this horrendous thing was followed by the most glorious thing that we will celebrate tomorrow…the resurrection. Tripp says: “What looks like a disaster may in fact be grace. What looks like the end may be the beginning. What looks hopeless may be God’s instrument to give you real and lasting hope. Your Father is committed to taking what seems so bad and turning it into something that is very, very good.”
So, if you are feeling helpless or hopeless today, keep turning to the Lord. The Resurrection is coming! Jesus is, right now, seated at the right hand of the Father interceding for you and me! Happy Easter!
