When You Seek Me

This week I have been studying John chapter 20. Every time I read this chapter, the same emotions overtake me. It’s a chapter that I’ve never been able to get over and honestly hope I never do.

I love the part starting at verse 10, where the disciples go back to their homes, but Mary, well, she tarries longer at the tomb.

We have to realize that with everything she had experienced in the days leading up to this point, how distraught she must have been and now to find her Savior, her Best Friend, her Master gone, how her heart must have been even more shattered. The pain must have been almost unbearable as she stood outside the tomb that day.

The passage says as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb.
I imagine that she could not believe that He was gone, so she stooped to look and when she did she saw the two angels that asked her why she was weeping, in which she replied, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” She turned around to what she thought was the gardener and begged him to tell her if he had taken her Lord away and, if so, where he had taken Him. That’s when Jesus called out to her, “Mary.” She knew His voice and turned and said, “Master.” When He spoke her name, I believe peace overtook her.

What stood out to me in this passage was that Mary went (verb-action word) looking for Jesus. The Lord made a promise that we can apply to our lives in Jeremiah 29:13 – “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart”.

She went seeking Him, and she found Him, and when she did, He spoke peace into her life. He gave her hope when her hope was gone. He healed her once shattered heart and spoke light into her darkness. You know, He can do the same for you and me if we will seek Him with all of our whole hearts.

Prayer:
Lord, we come to you today, seeking You. We rest in Your promise that if we seek You with all of our heart, we will find You. Come and speak our name and breathe peace and hope into our lives. We give You our shattered hearts today, knowing only You can piece them back together. Lord, let us find rest and comfort in Your presence today. In Your precious Holy name Amen.