It had been quite a week. Anger mixed with sorrow flooded the hearts of those on the streets. Jerusalem was a wreck; soldiers, prayer meetings, the sound of hammers and spikes. Much wailing and second guessing went on Thursday and into Friday.
And then there was the hush of the dead space.
The tomb.
The dread.
The hoarse whispers of those who had cried maxing out their vocal chords. The silence rang clear. Jesus, the certain hope of all of the world for all time, had been silenced. The dead space was all wrong; yet was reality.
For two days....nothing. No thing.
The dead space seemed to declare far too much. Evidently the disciples appear far more foolish than they even originally seemed. It looks like the talk of another king and kingdom were just mere and fading words. Proof positive that Jesus too was a fake due to the dead space that made hearts sick; except for boisterous soldiers out of Rome.
Make a note; Jesus silenced silence by a greater than nuclear power resurrection. The dead space gave birth to eternal life!
So it is with us. A reason for an authentic theological pattern. Our dead spaces are pregnant with God moves. We can count on it. Whether it be disappointment, or setback, or loss, all of these dead spaces are each pregnant with God-hope of life!
Therefore, we never lose heart. Even though our outer man is decaying we are to be renewed day by day. Newer everyday is due to the life beginning to take steam in all of the dead spaces.
Only God could design such for His children!!!
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