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When
Resurrection Power Is At Work In You (Part 1)
Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.)
1 Now on the Uirst day of the week, very early in
Christ. Many times when the season is
Your Plans Are Overtaken
the morning, they, and certain other women
over, resurrection takes low priority
When resurrection power is at work in
with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices,
for the believer because they become
you, your plans are overtaken. The
which they had prepared.
unconscious of the resurrection
women in our text came early in the
2 But they found the stone rolled away from the
power at work in them.
morning. When you have a plan, you get up bright and early. For instance, if you
tomb. 3 Then they went in and did not Uind the body of
Resurrection is a daily event in the
have a 7:00 a.m. Ulight to catch, you get up
the Lord Jesus.
life of anyone who has put their trust
by 5:00 a.m. to prepare for it. So did these
4 And it happened, as they were greatly
in Jesus Christ. That means every day
women. In fact their plan was so good
perplexed about this that behold, two men stood
you can look at your neighbour and
that they prepared the spices a day before
by them in shining garments.
say, “Happy resurrection,” because the
to anoint the body of Jesus. Since
5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their
Bible says, “If the Spirit of Him who
resurrection power had hit the grave,
faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why do
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in
their plans were overtaken.
you seek the living among the dead?
you, He who raised Christ from the
6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He
dead will also give life to your mortal
We are not told what happened to those
spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
bodies through His Spirit who dwells in
spices after then in any of the Gospels.
7 saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into
you” (Romans 8:11).
Probably they spilled it in shock, and that
the hands of sinful men, and be cruciUied, and the third day rise again.'" 8 And they remembered His words. 9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told these things to the apostles. 11 And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
was the end of the spices forever. Nobody C e r t a i n t h i n g s h a p p e n w h e n
cared; or maybe someone else who
resurrection power is at work in you.
wanted to bury their dead around that
So we are going to Uind out Uive things
place may have seen the bag of “free”
that can happen from these verses of
spices. The point is those spices were not
Scripture above. The book of
meant for Jesus because the resurrection
Ephesians tells us that we are raised
power had worked in Him.
and made alive together with Him (Ephesians 2:5-6). The Bible tells us it
We all had plans before we got born again.
is God who works in us both to will
Even the day we got born again we still
and to do of His good pleasure
had our plans. I don’t think getting born
(Philippians 2:13).
again was on our minds when we woke up that morning, before resurrection
So, resurrection power is working in
power hit us. I like to plan because I’m a
you on a daily basis. It is not just a
very organized person, but I’ve found out
one-time event; it is because it
working with the Holy Spirit that you can
happened to Jesus that it will
plan everything right down to the last
continually happen to you. You should
minute, and at the last second, Jesus
We are in the season of resurrection when
be resurrection primed 365 days in a year,
would do something different. That is
christians celebrate Jesus’ rising from the
expecting it to work for you and in you
why we must learn to hear from God
grave. However, resurrection power is not
every single time.
ultimately, and know what He will have us
Luke 24:1-12 See also Mark 16:1-8
a one-time event that happened to Jesus
do.
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The Bible calls the power behind the
that they only want to anoint the body of
after his ordeal began, and somehow he
resurrection experience the “glory of the
Jesus Christ. They already knew there
showed up that day. In man’s thoughts
Father” in Romans 6:4. It means the
was an obstacle but the Bible says when
God ought to sidestep him and bless the
power that raised Christ from the dead
they got there the stone was already
“faithful” ones, but God doesn’t do that.
was the glory of the Father. That tells you
rolled away.
As he was sitting down during the
that any plan that resurrection power
healing service and prayers were made
brings into your life is more glorious than
The Bible also tells us that the stone was
for those needing healing, he said it felt
anything you could have imagined or can
very large. That word “large” is the word
like rain was falling on him. So, he got up
come up with, or think of.
megas. It was a megas stone; a megas
and went to check himself in the
obstacle or a megas problem. You may
bathroom, and that was the end of that
The glory of the Father is manifested
have received a megas diagnosis; a megas
discharge.
when we yield to the power of God at
situation or a megas debt, but when you
work in us. Don’t resist it. Let God be who
allow the resurrection power to work on
It was the rain of mercy and compassion
He wants to be in your life. Let God
that situation, every obstacle will be
that fell on him. What antibiotics and
accomplish what He wants to accomplish
decimated. Even if it is an obstacle you
self-medication could not solve was
in your life. If you need to set aside your
created yourself, it will be decimated.
decimated by the resurrection power.
great plans, please do so.
Resurrection power not only solved the Sometimes we Uind it hard to believe God
problem but also crushed it.
Always give room to the Holy Spirit. Don’t
in situations where we messed up,
come to God with your plan and expect
because we feel we are unworthy but God
He didn’t go to the doctor and had not
Him to stamp it for you. He doesn’t do
is just so merciful, and His resurrection
been inside a church for more than a
that! The only stamp that God gives is on
power will effect His mercy in that
year. Does that member deserve a
plans that are founded on His own plan,
problem you created. Don’t be like the
miracle? No! He didn’t deserve it but
and His plan is always more glorious. If it
women who analyzed the situation. It
grace gave him what he didn’t deserve. It
is not His will for you to get a visa and
doesn’t help in anyway. Yield yourself to
didn’t really matter whether he’s been
travel, may you not get it. This may sound
the resurrection power and every
faithful. It didn’t really matter whether in
like a curse, but it is not.
obstacle will melt away.
his unfaithfulness he put his penis where he ought not to, and collected that
I want what resurrection power has
A brother sent in his testimony but never
inUirmity we don’t know its name.
planned for me. I want what the glory of
showed up to share it. In his testimony he
Whatever it was, the glory of the Father
the Father has established for me. I don’t
said he is an irregular member of our
raised it from the dead.
want what I can create for myself. No,
church and he started having a discharge
because it can never be as good as what
from his penis. Confused, embarrassed
So too you may not be deserving of it, but
God has planned for me. The women had
and ashamed to visit a doctor, he began
grace will always give you what you don’t
a good plan, they prepared the spices,
to s e l f - m e d i c a te a n d to o k s o m e
deserve. That is what resurrection power
they came early in the morning to anoint
antibiotics. The drugs didn’t work and he
does when it starts its work in you.
the body of Jesus, but they met that
wondered what was going on inside him,
things had changed.
but was very ashamed to go to a doctor.
Every Obstacle Is Overtaken
(Please don’t self-medicate! If you are
eyes in the power of God, knowing the
When resurrection power is at work in
going to take drugs, don’t go to a chemist
efUicacy of His resurrection power. We
you every obstacle is removed. The Bible
or a pharmacist Uirst; visit a doctor. Don’t
wonder and analyze our problems too
says in Mark’s account that they
self-medicate because it is very bad).
much. We should meditate more on the
What obstacle is before you? You should just take your eyes off it and put your
wondered and asked who would roll
Word of God from where resurrection
away the stone, which means they went
He was a dodgy member of our church
to the tomb by faith. They may have
who had not attended services in one
concluded that they would ask the
year until he heard there was a healing
soldiers for help, and explain to them
service scheduled to hold three months
power comes.
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