Easter Communion Meditation
One of the problems that Christians sometimes run into is the problem of having a cold heart. By this we mean that our hearts are not responding in a fitting way to the reality of redemption. Truths that should stir our minds are met with mental dullness and apathy. The passion of the Christ is met with indifference. A picture of the Father’s great love for us, like the prodigal’s father running to embrace his wayward son, leaves us unmoved. Scripture records the details of Jesus’ burial and resurrection in this way:
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. – Matthew 27:59-60; 28:1-2
Many Christians allow a cold heart to keep them away. Away from church. Away from communion. Away from the Scripture. Maybe they think they are being hypocritical. Maybe they think they need to fix whatever is wrong with them before they worship. Maybe they are just too tired, defeated, and wounded to know what to do.
But, my friends, mankind never could fix his stony heart. We have always needed rescued from ourselves. Fortunately, there is a Savior who knows how to deal with stones. He knows how to take out your heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh. He knows how to roll away the stones that stop the light from flooding into our darkened hearts.
So if you are joyful: come to the Savior. If you are weary: come to the Savior. If you are embattled: come to the Savior. Wherever you are coming from, come to the Savior. Even if your heart is as cold as stone. Come to the one who has power over cold, dead stone.
Nathan Writes 