Worshiping Hearts

An Easter MessageWorshiping Hearts“And they worshiped Him” (Lk. 24:52). Could they do otherwise? They had witnessed a life beyond compare. Before their eyes He had taken a few fish and some bread and satisfied a hungry multitude. They had been with Him when He calmed the storm with His authoritative “Peace, be still!” In amazement they had watched as the sick were healed, the blind given sight, the lame made to walk - and even the dead raised. He had been nailed to a cross but never uttered a word of protest. Instead, His prayer had been, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Lk. 23:34). He experienced three hours of darkness as He hung upon the cross, a sacrifice for sin. They visited the place where His body had been laid to rest. His death seemed so unjust. Then the unbelievable happened. He appeared to them again. They saw the wounds in His hands and feet, and heard His reassuring words, “Peace be unto you” (Lk. 24:36). They knew without doubt that He was alive. On the Bethany hillside He had lifted up those nail-scarred hands and blessed them. They watched with wonder as He was carried up into heaven before their very eyes - and they worshiped Him. The paradox is this: He had left them, yet He was with them. Although He had gone to the Father’s right hand, they knew His promise: He would be with them forever. “And they worshiped Him.” Can we do otherwise? He is our Savior, our Lord and our God. As we consider His sinless life and atoning death we love Him too. We rejoice in His mighty victory over sin and death. For a while He has been parted from us, but still we remember Him as we share the bread and wine - memorials of His passion. Like the disciples of old we worship Him too, until He comes again to take us to our heavenly home. There we will worship our Lord, the Lamb of God, throughout eternity. By Martin Girard