SCRIPTURE: On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. John 20:19-20 ESV
THOUGHT: It’s interesting to study the personalities of the disciples. Unlike the others, John didn’t disappear during the crucifixion. He was standing at the foot of the cross with Jesus’ mother, promising his best friend to take care of her.
In the gospel that he wrote about the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus, John tells this story that none of the other gospel writers tell. The Jesus who walks on water now walks through locked doors. Jesus does this twice (verse 19 and again in verse 26 for the benefit of Thomas). That’s amazing!
My point today is that one day we’re going to be like him. We’ll have a resurrected body too, capable of transcending matter. But that’s not all. Imagine for a moment having not just a resurrected body, but a fully resurrected heart – one not tainted by sin or sorrow, longing or fear.
John later writes, Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2 ESV).
Until our own resurrection day, says this beloved friend of Jesus, we rest in the lovely knowledge that we are God’s children. What we will be is still ahead, beckoning, but what we are already is amazing too.
PRAYER: Oh God, I’m grateful to be related to you, the one who transcends time and space and matter. How amazing the promise that as your child, I will become even more like you the day I see you face to face.
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