unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. Luke 24:1
Read: Luke 24:1-8, 24 Now
upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came
unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and
certain others with them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
Bible in one year: 1st Kings 2:13-3:28, Proverbs 15:11-24
MESSAGE
Some
offerings are acceptable while some are not; some offerings are given
at the right time while some are belatedly offered. On the morning of
the resurrection, some people brought spices to the sepulchre of Jesus,
meanwhile, a few days to His crucifixion, a woman anointed Jesus
Christ’s feet with expensive ointment. This woman’s kind gesture was
just in time.
“When
Jesus understood it, he said unto them, why trouble ye the woman? For
she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with
you; but we ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this
ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”
Matthew 26:10-12
Incidentally,
when Jesus Christ died, no one was there to perform the customary
anointing before burial for Him. It was in lieu of this that certain
disciples came to the resurrection morning that they may anoint Jesus in
arrears. However, He had resurrected!
Beloved,
there are many lessons to be learnt from this resurrection story;
whenever the Holy Spirit asks you to do something, no matter how
illogical it may sound, do it immediately. The reason is that if you do
it later, it will be a belated offering or service. The disciples who
came to anoint Jesus went back with their perfume because the Master was
no longer in the grave. James, an apostle of Jesus Christ wrote:
“What
doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have
not works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister be nakedm and
destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace,
be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things
which are needful to the body; what doth it profit.”
James 2:14-16
If
I may answer the apostle; there can be no profit whatsoever. There
could, however, be a loss of that person in need, and it may be a
physical or spiritual loss as the fellow may die of hunger or backslide.
In this same vein, whenever the Holy Spirit asks you to do something
and doing that thing attracts criticisms from men, be undeterred, go
ahead and do exactly as you were told. Your critics will soon realise
that they were wrong to have criticised you. May the Holy Spirit
continue to guide us, and may we continue to obey Him as we journey from
the world to our eternal home above.
Action Point
Listen to the Holy Spirit and do all that He asks you to do immediately.
