“Tell it like it is…”

By Pam Mangoma

“and go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him.”
Matthew 28:7 [NKJV]

Easter has come and gone.  Jesus has risen!  What has changed in your life this week?  I wonder what your prayer was during the Passion Week.  As I read the “He is Risen” script in the bible, I noticed that the story does continue after Resurrection.  The Angel brought specific instructions to “go quickly and tell” that He is Risen.  He is not dead, all hope is not lost, there is life after death.  Christ has now conquered the grave and all His promises are about to be fulfilled for you.  He died so that you may be healed, forgiven, given access.  All the blood that was spilled was just for you not for Him.  Now, all this has taken place, and as a believer in Christ Jesus, you know that He is risen and you rejoice just like both Mary’s rejoiced.  The story does not end at joy and happiness but it continues all the way to “go quickly” and tell.  Tell somebody:  the believers who are cast down and low, the disciples who are still not sure if the resurrection can bring them hope.  I marveled at the scripture and realized that YES there is work to be done after Easter, to go and tell that He is Risen and He goes before you.  We are not alone in this journey brothers and sisters.  If we choose to follow Him, He has already gone before us.  Therefore, the journey has been mapped out in Him.  Today, I would like to invite you to join me on an assignment and journey to find a few believers and encourage them that the veil was torn, the stone was rolled away, He is alive and there is victory!  To those (unbelievers) who are on their way to believe and accept our Lord Jesus who has risen, lets love them, share the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus and pass the message.  The message is “He died for you that you might be saved.  He lives!  You are a victor not a victim.“

Enjoy your assignment as you go quickly and tell the good news to the believer and the unbeliever!

Be blessed.

HOW Awesome Is This Place…!

“He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven” Genesis 28v17 NIV ‘84

Jacob was running away from the luxuries of his home enroute to his uncle’s place.  His brother Esau had plans of killing him.  His mother then told him to flee to her brother’s house, marry a wife and he would be safe. His original home in Beersheba represents his comfort zone and his uncle’s place Haran represents his future.  Halfway from Beersheba to Haran, in verse 11 the bible records that Jacob arrived at “ A certain place…”  This place by way of commentary states that it is a desert, a place full of stones to this day.  A stony place..to the extent that he took a stone for a pillow for there was nothing else to use.  He did not like this place, did not ask to be in this place but he was in this place! Sounds familiar??.  He could not go back home for Esau awaiteth and he could not proceed to Haran for it was dusk and could not properly identify his future.  So at this “certain place” he rested.  Sometimes God takes us to a certain place.  We think God is in the future but not certain place.  We think if only I can reach Haran I shall be happy and God will visit with me.  Jacob used the stones in his life to rest.  He decided that this STONE will not manipulate me but I will manipulate it for rest.  Often times when we sit and rest, God will show up.  God shows up during stony times and places.  Sometimes we are waiting for Haran but it is this time, during this sickness, during this trying time, during this issue, during your current circumstances that God shows up.  Later Jacob declares, surely the Lord is in this place.  God uses this difficult time of his life to confirm/remind him of the blessing given to him by his father..Confirmation.  In no time, Jacob’s eyes opened and realized “How awesome is this place..!”Do not waste hurts and pains and stones..allow God to speak to you.  Rest my sister and Know that He is God.  He is in control always.