John 20:15-16 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).
Mary Magdalene visited the tomb where the body of Jesus had been laid twice on that first Easter morning. The first was just before sunrise. John tells us that she started out for the tomb "while it was still dark." The first thing she saw when she arrived was that the stone sealing the tomb had been removed from the entrance. Realizing that Jesus' body was no longer in the tomb, Mary ran off to find Peter and John. Upon hearing what Mary had to say, both disciples raced off to the tomb to see if her report was true. At some point after they had come and gone, Mary returned. With tears streaming down each cheek, she bent over to look into the tomb. To her utter amazement, she saw two angels clad in white. After a brief conversation with them, she turned around and spotted a man standing nearby whom she assumed to be the gardener. All this "gardener" had to do was simply speak her name ... and she realized he was no gardener. Rather he was none other than Jesus!
As I reflected on that, I thought of the words of Jesus recorded by John in chapter ten of his gospel. There Jesus likened himself to a shepherd and his people as HIS flock of sheep. Concerning his sheep, Jesus said,
that they would follow him, for they knew his voice. Mary, as one of Christ's sheep, knew his voice. As soon as he spoke her name, she knew exactly who he was!
How about you, my friend. Are you one of Christ's sheep? Are you a part of His flock? If so, you will know his voice. So are you listening for it? You will "hear" it as you spend time in HIS word. So open the book ... and begin to "listen!"
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
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