Memorise: Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they
had prepared, and certain others with them. Luke 24:1
Read: Luke 24:1-8
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came
unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain
others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from
the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of
the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And
as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto
them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6 He is not here,
but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying,
The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered
his words,
Some
offerings are acceptable while some are not; some offerings are given at the
right time while some are belatedly offered. On the morning of the
resurrection, some people brought spices to the sepulchre of Jesus, meanwhile,
a few days to His crucifixion, a woman anointed Jesus Christ’s feet with
expensive ointment. This woman’s kind gesture was just in time.
“When
Jesus understood it, he said unto them, why trouble ye the woman? For she hath
wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but we ye
have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did
it for my burial.” Matthew 26:10-12
Incidentally,
when Jesus Christ died, no one was there to perform the customary anointing
before burial for Him. It was in lieu of this that certain disciples came to
the resurrection morning that they may anoint Jesus in arrears. However, He had
resurrected!
Beloved,
there are many lessons to be learnt from this resurrection story; whenever the
Holy Spirit asks you to do something, no matter how illogical it may sound, do
it immediately. The reason is that if you do it later, it will be a belated
offering or service. The disciples who came to anoint Jesus went back with
their perfume because the Master was no longer in the grave. James, an apostle
of Jesus Christ wrote:
“What
doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not
works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of
daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and
filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the
body; what doth it profit.” James 2:14-16
If I may
answer the apostle; there can be no profit whatsoever. There could, however, be
a loss of that person in need, and it may be a physical or spiritual loss as
the fellow may die of hunger or backslide. In this same vein, whenever the Holy
Spirit asks you to do something and doing that thing attracts criticisms from
men, be undeterred, go ahead and do exactly as you were told. Your critics will
soon realise that they were wrong to have criticised you. May the Holy Spirit
continue to guide us, and may we continue to obey Him as we journey from the
world to our eternal home above.
Action
Point: Listen to the Holy Spirit and do all that He asks you to do
immediately.
Bible in
one year: 1st Kings 2:13-3:28, Proverbs 15:11-24
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