...didn't we just get back from his funeral?

⁵¹At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. ⁵²The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

⁵⁴When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son^[a] of God!" Matthew 27: 51-54

Many of us have lost loved ones. As you go through life you encounter the fact that we are visitors here, we are vapors soon to be gone. With that memory fresh in your mind think of that holiday weekend. Jews from around the known world in attendance. Practically every tongue and tribe was there to witness this. Maybe they weren't on the hill where he died but they saw the effects. The earth is still shaking to this day.

So imagine yourself in your home, only a few weeks earlier you said goodbye to a dear friend, a father, or mother. They passed from this life to the next. You've been struggling to think of the meaning of it all when a knock comes at the door. When you open the door you're speechless...the power of Jesus is standing before you in the form of your loved one resurrected. What would you talk about? What would you say? What would you believe? (People that have died do have a little bit more authority in the matter of afterlife experience.)

This is the kind of power we witness when someone is "saved". When the Holy Spirit opens someones eyes to the glory and work of our Savior Jesus Christ they are raised from the dead. The change in a person's life should make all those that witness it echo the sentiment of the Roman soldiers, "Surely he was the Son of God!". Is that kind of life changing power in your life? Is it like you have been raised to start anew?

It hasn't been that way for me lately. I want this power back in my life! Raise me up God to be witness to your mighty works.

I want this tomb to crack open....