Luke 24: 3-5 3/22/16

Luke 24: 3-5  "but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?"

I think the question the Angels asked that first Easter morning, is still being asked of us today.

 It must be difficult for Angels to comprehend how those of us who know the Savior, continue to search for meaning, in empty and lifeless pursuits.  They must wonder why we focus on decaying, inanimate objects instead of pursuing a living God. 

I imagine the Hosts of Heaven are astonished that we can be so far off-course.  Did we not hear what Jesus said?   Did He not leave His Word, and His Spirit to show us the way? Yet here we stand in the graveyard, baffled that we can't find what we seek.

To celebrate Easter this year, let's leave the cemetery.  Let's stop wasting our time looking for Christ in a tomb.

As we observe the most important holiday of all, let's determine to stop chasing money, lust, power, and all the things our dying flesh has to offer ... and  instead seek the God who gave His Son, so we could truly live.  

Look around ...What are you pursuing?  What have you collected?  What have you pinned your hopes on?

 If you're standing in a graveyard, Easter provides you the key to get out.
 Use it to leave death behind - and find abundant life. 

"Why do you seek the living among the dead?"

- Two Bewildered Angels