“So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.”
Matthew 28 : 8 (NIV)
“Joy to the world”, the words we sing as we celebrate the birth of the Saviour. For the women who first knew the fulfilment of this joy at the scene of the resurrection, their compulsion was to go and tell others. We can see the urgency in this verse as we’re told that they ‘hurried’ and ‘ran’.
Did they know that the news they had heard would change the course of history ? What they knew for certain was that Jesus, who they loved, was dead and now alive, and this fact was to be shared!
How many of us feel that same need to share the good news of Jesus’ resurrection with those we know ? Do we sense the unbridled excitement that comes from having a piece of news so valuable that we simply must tell it to someone else ?
As a Union our sub-theme for the next two years is ‘Living in Hope’. On Easter Day we celebrate an event that brought us freedom from the sting of death, and hope of life everlasting. Is that not news worth sharing, worth shouting from the roof-tops ?
At this time of year we often sing the following words:
“He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, He lives, Salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart.”
This Easter, ask God to give you the opportunity to share the life-changing news of our Saviour with someone who needs to hear it.
