Missing Out

You do not want to miss this Sunday! We are celebrating a Baptism, the children are singing, and the Easter Celebration continues for the Second Sunday of Easter!

Did you notice that Thomas missed out the first time Jesus appeared to the other disciples? Have you ever heard people talk about FOMO (fear of missing out)? Thomas is the best example of someone missing a huge event. We do not know where Thomas was, maybe he was running some errands, but he missed a life-changing event. We sometimes miss seeing God at work around us too. We can be distracted by our phones, being too busy, negative thoughts, etc. All types of things cause us to miss seeing God at work around us and we miss out. Let us pause this second Sunday of Easter. Where do we see Jesus at work?

In the first part of the passage, we see disciples who are tired and scared. The disciples are hiding in fear for their lives. Jesus comforts them and then sends them out the door into ministry.

This Sunday, we ask for God to help us to not miss noticing the places God is at work. We also ask for God to push us out of our safety and comfort zones and into ministry.

Pastor, Andy

John 20:19-31 Common English Bible

Jesus appears to the disciples

19 It was still the first day of the week. That evening, while the disciples were behind closed doors because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. When the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I am sending you.” 22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you don’t forgive them, they aren’t forgiven.”

Jesus appears to Thomas and the disciples

24 Thomas, the one called Didymus,[a] one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples told him, “We’ve seen the Lord!”

But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger in the wounds left by the nails, and put my hand into his side, I won’t believe.”

26 After eight days his disciples were again in a house and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus entered and stood among them. He said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand into my side. No more disbelief. Believe!”

28 Thomas responded to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Jesus replied, “Do you believe because you see me? Happy are those who don’t see and yet believe.”

30 Then Jesus did many other miraculous signs in his disciples’ presence, signs that aren’t recorded in this scroll. 31 But these things are written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Christ, God’s Son, and that believing, you will have life in his name.