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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Mark 15:42-47; ; Mark 16:1-8
Now that time of the cross, when the Saviour was alone, has passed, God is pleased to draw attention to the eagerness and respect of some devoted people who honour His Son. In the first place, Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate for the body of the Lord Jesus and lovingly busies himself with its burial. Then the dawn of the resurrection day shows us three women hurrying towards the sepulchre. They were those who had "followed him and ministered unto him" before witnessing with great sadness the scene of the cross (Mark 15:40-41). In their desire to perform a last service to the One they think they have lost, they bring spices to embalm His body. But they have to learn that these preparations are unnecessary, for an angel tells them the glorious news, "He is risen". Now there was another woman who was not found at the sepulchre: the one who, in Mark 14:3, had anointed the feet of the Lord Jesus. Was this a lack of affection on her part? She had given proof to the contrary — but she had known how to discern the moment to pour out her ointment. Let us remember that the self-sacrifice of love is all the more pleasing to the heart of the Lord when it is accompanied by a discernment of His will and obedience to His Word.
