Being the Ark
Celebrating Mary of Magdala: 22nd July, 2016
Jer 31: 10-13; Jn 20: 1-2, 11-18
No one shall ask, "where is the Ark", says the Lord. The promise gets embodied when a person begins to build his or her life on such a promise. We are a people who stand on the promises of the Lord. Right from the Old Testament experience we see that the Lord made promises and the Lord kept them too! Today we celebrate a person who is given a great revelation of this promise, the revelation of the Risen Lord which continues to be the greatest of all hope giving promises.
Mary of Magdala had the privilege of receiving the promise for the first time from the Risen Lord. She becomes the Ark that had to take this promise to the rest of the disciples. When we whole heartedly receive the promises from the Lord with hope, we become the ark, holding out those promises to the rest of our brothers and sisters.
The very presence of some persons fills those around or the situation around with enormous hope. These are the Arks of the Promise, who have the Spirit of the Risen Lord within them, holding it out to everyone.