Matthew 17:65 Pilate replied, "Take guards and secure it the best you can." So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it....
The chief priests thought they had Jesus' body trapped in the tomb, sealing the stone and putting guards in place. Likewise the enemy thinks he has us trapped and sealed into our circumstances so he thinks we'll feel helpless or hopeless.
But read on...Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it...Then the angel spoke to the women, "Don't be afraid!", he said. ".... He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen....
Good news! The tomb has been burst open and so has our 'tomb'! Whatever has had us trapped in, has been dealt with at the cross by Jesus. Whatever has been spoken over us or done to us, to try to seal us in has been rolled away by the blood Jesus shed at the cross. He has given His victory to us over all the works of the enemy.
We are 'in Christ' and He is no longer in the tomb or trapped in any way. He is not sick, defeated, depressed or helpless. He is our Victorious Risen Saviour, and 1 John 4:17 says...as He is, so are we in this world! That is amazing!
Let's grab hold of the victory Jesus gives to us and walk out of whatever entombs us, and see ourselves as Over-comers, as people who are no longer hopeless or helpless. By faith we know we are forgiven and reconciled to God and we give Jesus all the praise and glory today.
Christ is Risen Indeed! Hallelujah! We are all so blessed.😊
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