Day 33 with David - It was finished; but it’s not over.

“Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭16:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Not long before my father passed into the arms of the Lord, as we were sitting together, he asked if I knew what happened to the caterpillar in the cocoon. Thinking this to be a rhetorical question, I quickly answered that I did. To which he remarked, “Well you don’t need to hear what I have to say about it.” Realizing that he wanted to expound on this topic, I implored him to speak on. He then went on to elaborate. He explained that the caterpillar doesn’t go into the cocoon and just grow wings and experience a change in bodily form. But rather—in that secret place—the caterpillar is reduced to a sort of goo, out of which the new creature—the butterfly—is formed. We both knew he was referencing what would be his own death. He would soon go into his own secret place. We then shared an unspoken moment of reflection on the events that lie ahead.

You see, my father did not fear death. Of course, he appreciated this life and also wanted to continue to be with us. But, he had no dread of it “all being over.” He knew that he would rise again!

Now, the hope of our own bodily resurrection is based on the resurrection of our dear Lord.

“For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.”

‭‭I Corinthians‬ ‭15:16-23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Although we know that to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8); because of the resurrection of our Lord we also have hope for a renewed, resurrected body at His coming!

In our portion from Psalms today we see that David—speaking from the perspective of our Lord—rejoiced that—though He would die—He would not see corruption!

Indeed, this day in our journey with David, falls on what we celebrate as Good Friday. On this day we observe the death and burial of our Lord. Having endured unspeakable suffering, He released his spirit from His body and was dead.

“So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”

‭‭John‬ ‭19:30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

But, as David says in His prophetic words regarding Christ, His body would not see corruption. He would rise again!

Paul references these words, spoken through David, in the Book of Acts:

“God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’ And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the sure mercies of David.’ Therefore He also says in another Psalm: ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’ “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; but He whom God raised up saw no corruption.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭13:33-37‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Praise God, our hope in the Lord transcends this life! If you have accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord (King) of your life, you don’t have to worry about it all being over when you lay this body down!

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

It was finished; but it’s not over.

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