Disappointed with God? Finish the task!

Matthew 27:66 – 28:20


We all walk through dark places sometimes. We go through a divorce, a loved one passes, a child get sick, a job is lost, a relationship gets broken, and there are many other dark places in life. Imagine what the women closest to Jesus felt as they had invested so much of their lives into supporting and following Jesus only for His life to end in this tragedy. These heroic women have a lesson for us today.

There is nothing in the narrative that leads us to believe that they were expecting Jesus to have risen from the dead. In fact, they were bringing spices for the embalming process, they were assuming to find Jesus dead body. What that says about them is volumes and lessons we need to grasp.

They came to the grave to finish the task. Were they disappointed with the outcome of their following Jesus? I am sure there was at least some disappointment but they were determined to finish the task. Too many times, when things don’t go the way we believe they should we give up on God. God will never fail us nor will He let us down we have to learn to trust despite the storms or the way things seem to be.

They came as a group. It is easy to give up on God in difficult time when we are alone. When you have been “disappointed” the worst thing you can do is hide in your cave. We need the encouragement of others. We need the support of mentors and friends who will stand with us, the enemy of our souls wants us alone, don’t let that happen.

In their sorrow they did not question the Lord. When they arrived at the grave the angel was there, he gave them an instruction and they did it. In our modern age, we question everything. Most of the questioning is good but when we are in pain and the Lord speaks to us often we can become stubborn or indignant and question the Lord. We need to learn that when the Lord speaks we need to respond. Hopefully if you came face to face with an angel there would be no hesitation but often today the Lord speaks in the still small voice, or a word from the scripture, or from a friend, or your pastor. Whatever way it comes we must not hesitate but respond to the Lord because He has a plan for our delieverance.

Jesus took a band of 120 people and turned them into world changers. They were always called to be world changes but needed training, to walk through some difficult places so they could grow, had to learn how to live by faith and love unconditionally. The women at the grave showed us all of this in the simple, faithful task of coming to a grave.

What is the Lord calling you to do to today? What task do you need to finish? Have you been disappointed with God? Maybe you need to still finish a task? God does not disappoint us. Ask Him what needs to be finished and then do it!