saying Yes! - Week Nine : 29 Nov 2018 - RP

==This message was given in 2018, but is listed here for better chronological presentation==

When it comes to connecting to the person of God, we likely fall into three different beliefs. Some of us feel it is not possible. The cord is severed. God is so “heavenly” so beyond us, so set apart, that He cannot or would not connect to us personally.

 

Some of us may believe that God wants to connect to us personally, but we are afraid that if we allow Him to, there will be a shocking explosion-we will get burned. And some of us know we can be connected to God, we have collided with His life changing power in the past, maybe there have even been a few times we sensed and experienced a connection to God that brought His love and power into our lives in special way, but we don’t believe there can be a sustained, continual life-changing connection to our Father.

But as we look at John 20 and Mary Magdalene’s “yes” to standing at the empty tomb of Jesus Christ, we find that although there may some truth to what we believe, none of these beliefs are the truth.

 

Because Mary said “Yes” to standing at the tomb, she was first to have the truth explained to her: a way has been made to be personally connected to God. It is a powerful connection, but we need not ever fear being burned. And lastly, whatever collision we have had in the past, whatever transforming work God has done in us, is intended to be continual-deepening our intimacy each day! (seasons of slow)

 

As we look at the historical account of the event at the tomb, let’s ask God to help us understand what it means that Jesus has collided into our lives in order to connect us to the Father.