Jesus was supposed to be the Messiah, the one to put everything right, but now he’s dead. What do we have left to hope for?
Read Luke 23:55-56 and journal your thoughts
We can’t imagine the devastation the followers of Jesus must have felt. This was the one who was supposed to be God’s chosen, the Messiah. He was the one who was going to change everything, to bring the Kingdom of God here to earth, but now it’s all over. What hope do we have left?
Not only is Jesus dead, but this is the first Sabbath after the Passover. Traditionally Ezekiel 37:5 was read in the Temple. If the Passover was about God doing a great thing to rescue His people from Egypt, then this verse in Ezekiel was read as they looked forward to their Messiah. It’s interesting how God uses the traditions of their time to point to what He is going to do. God is giving them hope and comfort in their most desperate hour, when all seems hopeless.
Today meditate on how God gives us hope in our darkest hours, if not in the ways we expect
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