Luke 24
He Is Risen
24 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them,[a] came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it happened, as they were greatly[b] perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still 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.’”
It is a flaw in my character to linger a bit long at the tomb. You try to tell people what happened to you and they don't want to believe it. For their own selfish reasons, they don't want to believe it. They would rather believe that all is well and hide their heads in the sand. I asked myself, "How long are you going to remain at the tomb trying to convince them of their folly"? How long are you going to keep going over the same story like they did not hear it the first time. Shake the dust from your feet and put on your white clothes. Lingering at the tomb does not make you a more competent spiritual person. It does not make you more believable, it just irritates those who won't believe you anyway. Allow your grave clothes to speak for you. Rise above the tomb and excel above the grave dug for you. In your ascended place, they will come for glory, they always do, and when the come for glory, then they will be a captive audience. At this time, the story can be told. This time, they will listen. You can't tell it from the tomb. They can ignore a tomb. They can't ignore success.
