Who are we Looking For?

John 19-21

“At this, she turned and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize it was Jesus. ‘Woman,’ he said, ‘why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’”

John 20:14-16

The first person to meet the resurrected Christ was Mary Magdalene who had been delivered from seven demons and a horrific past. Jesus spoke her name like no one else. This honor conferred on the most humble and lowly was an echo of Christmas when a peasant couple welcomed the King of kings into their family and shepherds witnessed the newborn King. Around the world, it is the poor and persecuted who are still responding to the good news of Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection. Today, in the midst of our loneliness, fear, and seeming forgotten condition, it is Jesus who speaks our name. He has given us his Spirit and is closer to us than a brother.

Will we worship the resurrected Savior of the world who knows our name?

“Lord Jesus, you are my Savior and King, for your glory.”