His Tomb Became a Delivery Room — Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Up until his last day on this earth, my Sweetheart and I were uncompromising and unwavering in our faith and belief that he would be healed. But on that day, I had a sense of “knowing”, it was time for him to get to go home. So, on that day, I leaned in close to him and said, “Baby, I’ll be okay. Why don’t you push and go on home? Push, Baby, Push!” I was his Midwife, our bedroom was his Delivery Room and he did push through heaven’s birth canal to his healed and whole body and life in his Home Sweet Home in heaven.
I heard a message this week about our Lord’s resurrection that brought that memory back to me. The Apostle Peter said in Acts 2:24 “God raised Jesus up, loosing the PANGS of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.” That word, “pangs”, is associated with labor and childbirth, so on that early “3rd Day” morning (probably 12:00 am — God could no longer allow His Son to be in that tomb one more minute), so He must have said “It’s time to get the SON up!” That tomb became the Delivery Room for the Son of God. Can you imagine that tomb was about to explode because of the POWER that was getting ready to burst forth. Notice that scripture again….”because IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE for Him to be held by it.”
My Sweetheart doesn’t live on this side of heaven any longer, but because of our Lord’s death and resurrection, he LIVES in heaven. Best of all, our Lord LIVES, and SO DO I. I still have breath in my lungs. My heart still beats and God has brought ME back to life. Everyday is a new, bright resurrection morning, because of Christ’s death, burial and rising to live forevermore. Only God can bring life out of a season of death. God just can’t leave death well enough alone, can He?
Perhaps, today, you are still living in the ashes of remorse, brokenness, depression, and a tomb is holding you back. You are still alive. Go ahead and put your hand over your heart. If it’s beating, God has a destiny and mission for you to fulfill. You could have been born sometime in history, but you weren’t. You’re here and now and the resurrection power of Jesus Christ can live big in you. Let Him turn your tomb into a Delivery Room to your new life today!
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