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"Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?"

Every morning I set aside time for the just the Lord and me. This is the time I take to study and to pray. The time spent varies, but none the less that is when I have an appointment with Jehovah. For the past few months, I have included Beth Moore's study, 90 Days with the One and Only. This is an awesome look at Jesus' life, death, and of course, resurrection. The author takes only a few chapters and breaks them down verse by verse, parable by parable, scenerio by scenerio creating short, everyday devotions, if you will. It is so intriguing! I'm down to the last 5 or so days of the study. Jesus has risen, and the stone has been rolled away... Luke 24:5 records that "In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?"

Now the study is focused on those words in the literal sense. Jesus is risen, as well as other dead souls who were walking through the streets of the city proclaiming the goodness of God! Can't you just see the Angels' faces! Of all the Heavenly Hosts, they were chosen to deliver the resurrection news, the proclamation of death's defeat!

Then an awesome thing happened for me. Those words, "why do you look for the living among the dead?" literally jumped off the page and almost smacked me in the face! (Okay, not literally, but it sure felt like it!) I began to roll the words around in my mouth and I have been "chewing" on them for days now.

Not only do those words build our faith, but walk with me through this scenerio. Romans 6:23 (Amplified) tells us, "For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord." So why would we EVER try to fill a void in our lives with carnal or worldly things? Why would we look for life among the dead? Why would we look for joy among the dead? Why would we look for answers and provision among the dead? Why would we look for "fountains of living water" among the dead?

I'm just say'n... :)

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