Daily Devotional - Growing In Grace - Week 15 - Day 97 - 4/7/26 - "What Are You Looking For"

Author: Evangelist Jamie Hoffman

“What are You Looking For?”
Scripture: John 20: 11, 15, NIV
 
“Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb.”
“He asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’“
 
Devotion:
With all that is going on in the world today, I want to ask you a very serious question this morning: Who are you looking for? You see, in today’s Scripture, Mary came looking for Jesus in an empty tomb. When she saw He wasn’t there, she began to cry and get upset. Then, when Jesus approached her, she didn't recognize Him at first because her own emotions and feelings distracted her. She mistook her Savior for a gardener. Jesus came so that we don’t have to search and look for our own answers or worry about what’s going on in this world. He came to set us free from the bondage of sin, and who the Son sets free is free indeed. Jesus’ resurrection restored us back to God, and I’m so glad about it. People spend most of their lives trying to fill a God-sized hole with all kinds of desires and vices, but God sent His son to make us whole so we don’t have to look for anything else.

Take a moment this morning and give God praise! The search is over. Our redeemer lives! Because He lives, we have the victory. God gave us everything we could ever desire and need, wrapped up and tied up in HIs Son Jesus. We must stop looking for life among the dead things of this world and live renewed through our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Prayer:
Thank You God I’m so glad the search is over. Thank You for the gift of new life through Jesus Christ. I am free! I am free! Amen.