Easter Thoughts

Then the disciples who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed - for until then they still hadn’t understood the scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
John 20:8-9

The resurrection of Jesus was an event that transformed the world. But it was really the culmination of a plan of several thousand years to redeem God’s people. However his disciples only understood on THAT DAY. Imagine - God dropping hints throughout the entire Old Testament, and then being super plain with Jesus when he was talking to the disciples, but they didn’t understand until it actually happened.

I feel like this has many parallels to leadership. God gives you a vision and you work on it for years. Some people are blindly following you or they follow you because they are being paid, but they don’t understand the vision. Even at your Gethsemanies and your most difficult moments, they don’t understand and are there sleeping. It’s only after the fact that they understand the vision.

But there is hope. The disciples didn’t stay like that. The next moves of God, they were right there along with Him. Acts describes the disciples as being in step with the Spirit, doing God’s will in God’s timing, and understanding the vision. Revelations goes even further and describes a people who see beyond their own time and to God’s plans for the future.

If we are always being surprised by God, it’s a good indication we are not spending enough time with Him, or that we are missing something He is trying to tell us.