OCT. 21, 2013
O
Glorious Day!
Read: Matthew 27:27-31;28:1-6
He is not here; for He is risen. —Matthew 28:6
It
was the day after. My favorite team had just lost its final game and the dream
of a championship was now over. It was cold out and a bit gloomy as I got in
the car to go to work. None of this should have mattered much, but it was
shaping up to be a blue Monday.
But
then a song came on the radio that transformed my perspective. It was Casting
Crowns singing “Glorious Day.” “One day they led [Christ] up Calvary’s
mountain, one day they nailed Him to die on a tree.” Nothing encouraging yet.
“Suffering anguish, despised and rejected”—more bad news. But then the song
describes the good news of Christ’s resurrection and His victory over death.
Out
of that worst of days—out of the noontime darkness on that Jerusalem
hillside—has come the only true hope for mankind. Because Jesus “took the nails
for me,” as the song says, “He carried my sins far away.” And one day He’s
coming back—“O glorious day!”
Perhaps
today did not start out well for you. Maybe you face a host of trouble that
threatens to turn this into a day of despair. Turn your attention to Jesus.
Review what He did for you at Calvary and how He conquered death by His
resurrection: “He is not here; for He is risen”! (Matt. 28:6). That can make
any day a glorious day!
Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever;
One day He’s coming—O glorious day! —Chapman
Christ’s empty tomb fills us with hope.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
