NOW IT'S ON US!

Then the disciples went out and preached evrywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. - Mark 16:20

     Everybody loves a good ending!  Remember the Sixth Sense - now that was an ending!  Or how about the 1983 NCAA Championship between N.C. State and Houston - another great ending!  Or the Cubs World Series in 2003......oh wait, that didn't end so well!

     Well today I read the last chapter of Mark and I noticed something.  In a book which has been chocked full of Jesus (that's right, I just said, "chocked full") it ends talking more about the disciples than it does about Jesus.  Maybe that's on purpose. 

      It talks about how Mary and Mary reacted to Jesus's rising.  It talks about the angels role in announcing the rising.  It talks about another man's reaction and then the eleven and what they did when Jesus appeared to them.  It's mostly about how different people reacted to Jesus rising from the dead. 

     Interesting!

     Is God telling us something?  While Jesus was on this earth, the focus was on Him - obviously!  However, now it's all on us!  Maybe God is showing us that it's our job to carry on what Jesus started.  Maybe our reaction to Jesus's rising will determine how God's plan gets carried out.  Maybe we are God's next chapter in the Kingdom story. 

      We all love a great ending, but God's ending comes with a beginning.  Jesus "exits" and we enter.  The end of Mark shows us the beginning of the disciples!