Sunday, June 6, 2021

Risen

“The Lord is risen indeed” (Luke 24:34).

This glorious truth was triumphantly conveyed to the disciples in the upper room by the two who had gone to Emmaus and returned to Jerusalem after having been in the company of the risen Christ.

What a wonderful comfort this was as the truth of it slowly sank into the hearts of those who heard it, and as the Lord then came and stood in their midst to confirm to them that He had indeed risen from the dead. “Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord” (John 20:20).

So for us today, we look back to the work of Calvary to remember all that took place there when the Lord Jesus gave Himself for us. But we also look up and rejoice in a risen Savior, and as such we worship Him.

That resurrection morning,When through the early gloom,
The confirmation given, come see the empty tomb.
The grave, it could not hold Him, victorious He rose,
Oh, what a glorious morning, triumphant o’er His foes.

“He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay” (Matthew 28:6).