Wednesday, December 21, 2016
John 20:1
John 20:1 says, The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. She was still expecting to find Jesus in the tomb. Though John doesn't say it, Jesus had been sealed in the tomb and guards posted to keep Him there, but when the stone was rolled away, the tomb was empty. We see that Mary Magdalene did not wait until daylight. As soon as she could, which was after the Sabbath, she went to Jesus. She may have gone for the wrong reason, but she went. People today would always do well to go to Jesus early, even if for the wrong reasons. Once they are seeking Him, they can begin to find the truth. Mary Magdalene discovered the truth that Jesus was not in the grave. When we as Jesus's followers have questions of faith today, we need to seek Jesus early. There is no advantage to struggling along on our own. He will give us the answer based on His truth. Verse two adds, And then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid Him." She didn't wait around to try and figure things out on her own, but ran to two of the disciples, those closest to Jesus, looking for help. When people have questions about Jesus today, would they feel that they could come to us for answers? We, as His followers, should be not only able, but ready to help anyone looking for the truth about Jesus. If they come to us running early in the morning or reluctantly at night, we should be ready to share the truth of the gospel with them. Of course, the disciples should have been the first ones there, but even though they weren't, Mary Magdalene came to them. We are commissioned to go into all the world with the gospel, but it is even better when the world comes to us. We just need to be ready to meet them, even early in the morning.
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