Luke 24:4-9 - He is risen

There, staring at the garden tomb, those devout women stood dumbfounded. For they came expecting to see a dead and lifeless Jesus, but the place where His body was laid was totally empty. Then suddenly two men, wearing dazzling raiment radiating with great splendour, stood before them. So terrified were those women that they bowed down till their faces were kissing the ground.

It could also be that the brilliance radiating from the dazzling raiment was too bright for their eyes. However, we all know that the best posture to adopt when exposed to the splendour of heaven is to be on one's knees. So they went on their knees. Then came a gentle rebuke. “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?" That startling words prepared them for the joyous news. “He is not here, but He has risen." They should have known better. Didn't the Lord tell them earlier while they were at Galilee?

Long before this took place, Jesus already told them. He told them that He would have to suffer and be crucified, and on the third day He would rise again. Those words found in Luke 9:22 told to them immediately after Peter had made his great confession, were totally forgotten. Suddenly, as if the switch to the bulbs in their minds were flipped on, they remembered His words. Leaving the empty tomb hurriedly, they went to the apostles, the eleven of them and the rest of the followers, and reported all that they had encountered.

This account reminds us of how dull our memory can become at times. There is a tendency to be forgetful in the most critical moment of life. When we are too caught up in the mundane things of life, we can unwittingly allow the promises of the Lord to gloss over our minds. It is no wonder that Paul urges us to have a heavenly mind-set. He urges us to set our minds and affections on things above, where Christ is seated, and not on things on earth. Hebrews 2:1 puts it this way,"...pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it." Pay attention to how we dress our mind every morning, to be ready for the whole day.