更大的期望
两个星期之前，我们庆祝了耶稣的复活（四日二十一日是复活节）。对基督徒来说，基督战胜死亡和罪恶，是最好不过的消息。耶稣已经复活了！神对衪的子民的赦罪和新生命的应许，已经成就了。
然而，复活不只是一个空坟墓那么简单。那天早上，马利亚看到空的坟墓，真是出乎她意料之外；发现耶稣的身体不见了，令她大为震惊，她以为衪的身体已经被移到别处去。到底身体是被人偷了，还是有人把它移开了？她感到大惑不解。
耶稣对马利亚的回应，表明她在空的坟墓里找到的，是远远超过她能想像得到的。在满眶泪水中，马利亚见到已经复活和再一次活着的耶稣！然而她却不和道那就是耶稣，直至衪呼唤她的名字，她才认出衪来。我们也是一样，衪呼唤我们，我们便跟随衪和尊衪为那位升到天父那里的主。
在基督教信仰中，空的坟墓固然重要，但我们不会只在坟墓前徘徊和猜想发生了什么事。我们聆听耶稣呼唤我们的名字，衪邀请我们进入一个崭新而又精彩的旅程，这个旅程带给我们的更为丰富——就是成为复活和升天的主的见证人。
你已被邀请来跟随这位复活的主，今天你可以用什么方法来跟随衪呢？
复活的主，我们感到惧怕和前路茫茫，求你抹干我们的眼泪，让我们听到你呼唤我们的名字；求你开我们的眼睛，好叫我们看到你是主；又求你领我们在天父里得享丰盛的生命。阿们。
约翰福音 20:11-18
11马利亚却站在坟墓外面哭。哭的时候，低头往坟墓里看，
12就见两个天使，穿着白衣，在安放耶稣身体的地方坐着，一个在头，一个在脚。
13天使对她说：“妇人，你为什么哭？”她说：“因为有人把我主挪了去，我不知道放在哪里。”
14说了这话，就转过身来，看见耶稣站在那里，却不知道是耶稣。
15耶稣问她说：“妇人，为什么哭？你找谁呢？”马利亚以为是看园的，就对他说：“先生，若是你把他移了去，请告诉我你把他放在哪里，我便去取他。”
16耶稣说：“马利亚！”马利亚就转过来，用希伯来话对他说：“拉波尼！”（“拉波尼”就是“夫子”的意思。）
17耶稣说：“不要摸我，因我还没有升上去见我的父。你往我弟兄那里去，告诉他们说我要升上去见我的父，也是你们的父，见我的神，也是你们的神。”
18抹大拉的马利亚就去告诉门徒说：“我已经看见了主！”她又将主对她说的这话告诉他们。
Expect Even More
“I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” - John 20:17
Just a couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus (April 21, Easter Sunday). For Christians, Christ’s triumph over death and sin is the very best news. Jesus is risen! God’s promises of forgiveness and new life for his people have been fulfilled.
But the resurrection means more than an empty tomb. Mary saw that morning that the tomb was empty—and that was something she didn’t expect. It was a shock to find that Jesus’ body was gone, and she thought it had been taken somewhere else. Had it been stolen? Or had someone just moved it? She wondered.
Jesus’ response to Mary indicates that she found more at the empty tomb than she had even imagined. Through her tears, Mary saw Jesus—risen and alive again! But she didn’t realize it was him until he called her name. That’s how it is for us too. He calls us, and we follow him and honor him as the One who has ascended to the Father.
As important as the empty tomb is to the Christian faith, we do not simply linger at the tomb and wonder what has happened there. We listen to Jesus calling our name, inviting us into a new adventure that leads us to even more—to become witnesses for the risen and ascended Lord.
You are invited to follow the risen Jesus. In what ways can you do that today?
Risen Lord, dry our tears of fear and uncertainty. Let us hear you calling our name. Open our eyes to see you as Lord. And lead us into full life with our heavenly Father. Amen.
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