Go

Today's word was "go".  I chose to reflect on Matthew 28 since the word "go" appears multiple times throughput the chapter.  I'll let you look it up and read it if you would like rather than typing out the full chapter.


The chapter begins with the women at the tomb after Jesus' death.  First the angel invites them to come and see that He has risen.  This is followed by the command to go and tell His disciples that He has risen.  Furthermore, Jesus, the dead guy they were mourning, would go before them to Galilee.  They were to find Him there alive, not there in the tomb.  And the women went with "fear and great joy."


Jesus met them and they worshipped Him.  He then gave the command to go and tell His brothers to go to Galilee where they would see Him.


While the women were going, some of the guards went to the chief priets and told them what had happened.  The chief priests told them to tell everyone that the disciples had stolen the body.


The disciples went to Galilee as they were told.  This is when they received the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations.


There's a lot of going going on in this chapter and all of it is a response to the resurrection.  Go and tell seems to be the theme.  For some, it was go and tell the good news.  For others, it was go and tell a lie to cover up the good news.


What would happen if evangelism was done out of a joyful response to the good news and not just a duty we feel we we have because of the Great Commission?  Some of us have this down.  Some of us could use some work.  Sometimes I worry that we take the resurrection for granted.  We don't realize just what it means.  We've grown up in a world where life seems a given.  I want to truly appreciate what a big deal the resurrection is and I want my evangelism to come from the joy that comes from that.