Tues., 3/10/15 Devotion (Lk. 24:5b, 6a)

Today's encouragement comes from Luke 24:5b & 6a, where we read these words:

" . . . [The angels] said to [the women], 'Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! . . . ' "

The Christian faith is based in objective and historically-verifiable facts. This is helpful for the faithful believer, since there are numerous other (though spurious) claims to ultimate truth that we must constantly reject. Our sanctifi-cation struggle is not so much in comprehending *that* Jesus is alive, and has risen from the dead—as much as it is in *acting* on this knowledge with faith.

The Lord would have each of us who are bound to Him in the church seek Christ earnestly today—but not where the world looks for help (viz. in graves and death). Instead, let us rise up in prayer to where only redeemed sinners may go for assistance (viz. the throne of grace in heaven).

[Puritan quote of the day: "God has made man's emptiness and misery, his low, lost, and ruined state into which he sank by the fall, an occasion of the greater advancement of His own glory.” —Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, "God Glorified in Man's Dependence"]