Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking ?" She supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni! ( which is to say Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me for I have not yet ascended to My Father, but go to My brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her. John 20:15-18 New King James Version
Jesus had been crucified on a cross. Here she views a man as the gardener! How would He been dressed? What gave her that idea to ask "the supposed gardener " where Jesus had been moved? She is in a cemetery. This is somewhat desert area used only for tombs.
A kingdom that is God ruled appeared as the Garden of Eden. Jesus came to show that we live by faith, speaking the same as God and it is seed we sow for life!
In the kingdom of God we come to live by the standards God has set for us to
live by! It is not only to be alive but to stay alive for His glory, to be
preserved & flourish. It is to enjoy life again by His standard of living, to
recover in health and to breathe out for His glory & His praise.
It is not rights that rule, but a righteous God who leads by His voice of truth for purpose. He asked Adam where they were at. And he responded by speaking they were naked. They took off the goodness of God and put on the world!
To flourish in God, preserved for Him and His plan is by residing in the secret place. WE abide in His presence to hear His voice speak, to receive dreams and to listen to Him. Within that posture we meet with Him daily. We come to listen & record what He speaks to us! It is one characterized by faithfulness to God that appears as consistent in a belief with a steadfast heart to God that is true & every man is found a liar!
Life in God's Garden: Genesis 2:8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
God made pleasant things to the sight and good for food. But in this reality of God, man would choose that of human choice for own delights! They heard the sound of God walking in the garden. And they were afraid. They had listened to the voice of the world and not to God Who created it. ( the earth)Jesus was bullied because people said He was a mistake his mother Mary made. But Jesus is the Son of GOD. No mistake here! Joseph, the natural father on earth died early in his years. Jesus was hated by Pharisees and Sadducees and others. He sought to give people the truth of the Father. He sought to let others know what God would do when they hear Him. At one point some of His own friends would try to throw Him off the brow of a hill!
In the tomb area, Mary M. saw a man and presumed the "gardener". True the gardener came to set us on the path of planting God's word. Was Mary consumed in death and dying? WAS she tuned into the doom and gloom of a loss? People in prison are tuned into prison life. They get out and find other people who served time. They can end up back in the place of destruction.
So when Mary M. found it was Jesus and would meet them soon, she moved to tell the others and where was their thinking set? Let us keep in tune with a Jesus who is alive! He settle it all....finished what He came to do. He spoke to the demonic activity in the grottos. He delivered the love of the Father.
Maturing in Christ is Vital. It is vital to know Him, speak with Him, honor and delight to see the future with Him. Like John the apostle, our walk started by the conversion. We became those disciples that Jesus loves!. They are the humble, the submitted, who relinquished lives to appear in the fullness of Jesus Christ. The walk continues growing ever closer to Him, to know His ways in truth and life!
Here is a future listed as the "garden"! Ezekiel 34:29 I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they shall no longer be consumed with hunger in the land, nor bear the shame of the Gentiles anymore. This a return back to what God began.
A planting place is found. It is in God. It is by faith seeing the unseen. If we faint, He will revive. If we cannot walk He causes us to walk again. If we cannot see Him He causes us to see Him. If we cannot hear ....the sound will be heard.....the wind of Him walking in the garden we plant with His word. It never fails!
We heard that gentle voice, we felt the warmth of His embrace and today we are not to shake and quake at what is going on in this world. We are to remember we are in Him, where the Holy Spirit appeared to guide us in wisdom, understanding, counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and the fear of the Lord. On the other side of the Cross, we see Him as He really is! We are the creation, and we are to praise the Creator for His goodness to US! That praise should be audible and it should be constant…to see the Goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
When He
speaks, may we be aware that His voice that carries the sounds of many waters.
Isaiah 43: 1 b “Fear not, for I have redeemed you. “I have called you by your
name.; You are Mine. 2 When you pass
through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not
overflow you, when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor
shall the flame scorch you. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior.
Teaching at: Voice of Prayer
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