For the last 6 weeks, we have been studying how God works miracles out of nothing. This week is Passion Week. We will finish our study as we remember what it meant for Jesus to take on our nothingness.
Reading for today: Matthew 28:1-10
Jesus felt the effects of our nothingness when his disciples deserted him. He experienced our nothingness when he stood silent before his accusers. He suffered from our nothingness, as he was condemned to die.
The culminating result of our nothingness occurred when Jesus cried out to the Father from the cross and heard… nothing. In that horrible moment, Jesus gave up his Spirit and died. He became nothing.
Yet three days later, as the Sunday morning sun broke through the darkness, look inside the tomb and you will see nothing.
But this sort of nothing is the good kind. It’s an empty slate. It’s our records wiped clean. It’s us having nothing to fear, because Jesus has risen. He has conquered sin and death and hell. And in place of our nothingness, he has filled us with himself.
In him, we have everything. Jesus made himself nothing so that he could give us everything.
Dear Jesus, You took on my nothingness; you created in me something new. Thank you for your never-ending mercy and love for me. Amen.
Happy Easter! Praise God for his Son, Jesus, who became nothing so that we could have everything.
Day 2 – Philippians 2:5-11; 2 Corinthians 8:9
Day 3 – Jeremiah 32:17, 27
Day 4 – Psalm 130
Day 5 – Romans 8:31-39