Manna in the Morning

Today is Good Friday. Friday is the day that Jesus was convicted as a common Criminal and sentenced to die... but Sunday’s coming! Friday is the day that the crowds cried crucify... that was Friday... but Sunday’s coming! Friday is the day that Jesus was flogged and mocked and spit upon... that was Friday... but Sunday is coming! Friday was the day that he was made to carry his cross to the hill of Golgotha... that was Friday, but Sunday’s coming! Friday was the day they nailed the nails in his hands and feet... that was Friday but Sunday’s coming! Friday was the day that Jesus breathed his last... that was Friday but Sunday’s coming! Friday was the day that the sun refused to shine at midday... that was Friday but Sunday’s coming! Friday was the day they put his lifeless body in a cold tomb and sealed it with a stone... that was Friday but Sunday’s coming! Today is the day we call Good Friday but Sunday is the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead! Hallelujah Christ is risen!!!

It is an interesting observation that the Bible begins with a world of Darkness and the Gospels come to a climax in the ministry of Jesus with a pervading darkness that covers the land at midday. But just as the darkness of the opening verses of Genesis yields to the creation of Light on the first day of creation... so also the Gospels crescendo into the glorious Light of the Resurrection on the First Day of the Week when Jesus rose from the dead. There are days when darkness begins to creep into our lives but we need to remember that God is greater by far than any darkness that may be in our world. The first verses of John’s Gospel remind us that “In Him [Jesus] was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overpower it.” (John 1:4,5) There’s an old hymn entitled “Stepping in the Light.” That’s what we are doing when we are following Jesus Christ, who is the Light of the world. So, you see we don’t need to be afraid of the dark... we just need to keep stepping in the light!