We finish Mark’s gospel with a rebuke!
After Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Mag. and she was instructed to go tell the others He was alive. The problem was, they did not believe her. Again, two witnesses on a country road met Jesus and He commanded them to do the same. The disciples did not believe them either. Then the Master Himself shows up and rebukes them (as they were reclining at the table) for their unbelief and hardness of heart. This must have been about the thirtieth time they had been rebuked over the same issue.
How would you like to be reclining at a table with a group of friends, let’s say after dinner, over a cup of coffee of coarse, and Jesus show’s up and shellacs you for your stiffness? Almost as if to say that the group assembled was nothing more than a bunch of posers because of their lack of faith and hardness of heart?
What are some of the promises of God that have been spoken over your life that you’ve stopped believing Him for? I know, Jesus is dead right? All you have to hold onto anymore is a memory of what could have been. So what do you do now? How about repent? Guess what? If Jesus is dead, you will live like that. But if Jesus is alive, you will live like that. So what is it? Is Jesus dead or alive?
The rebuke followed up with a commission.
Go! Get up… Stop reclining. Start believing that what could have been can still be if you live like Jesus is alive.
Make it a point today at this very moment to seek God and believe that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)
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