Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
January 24, 2023: SOAP #4800: Exodus 9-11; Luke 24

SCRIPTURE:  Luke (NIV) 24:1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

OBSERVATION:  Their preparation demonstrated their love for Jesus, but not their faith.  They were carrying the spices they had prepared.  They talked about who they could get to roll the large stone away from the entrance to the tomb. (Mark 16:3) 

What a difference their journey would have been if they just remembered what Jesus had told them!  More than once He said he would rise from the dead on the third day! (Mat 16:21, 17:23, 20:19, Luke 13:32, 18:33, 24:7) They should have been on a “happy trip!”  They could have been singing as they arrived at the tomb!  The time they unnecessarily spent in preparing the spices could have been spent in preparation for celebration!!!   

APPLICATION:  I am certainly not in a place to criticize these ladies, for I too have missed hearing and remembering what God has said.  I too have been worried about rocks that needed to be moved rather than preparing for celebration! 

It is not an issue of loving Jesus, but of believing Jesus!  

PRAYER:   Lord, forgive me for not listening carefully and believing you.  Holy Spirit, help me to live my life by the Word of God.  May I walk to the tombs in my life with praise in my heart, claiming the promises of God.   Amen.

Pastor Leon
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