The locked room nobody talks about
Can I ask you something - and I mean the real answer?
How are you actually doing right now?
Not the I’m fine, thanks you say on autopilot. The real one. The one you haven’t said out loud to anyone yet.
I’ve been sitting with a passage from John 20 this week that I can’t stop thinking about. It’s Easter Sunday evening. The tomb is empty. Mary has seen the risen Jesus. The news is spreading across Jerusalem. And the disciples - the people who walked with Jesus for three years - are hiding in a locked room. Afraid.
We don’t talk about that part much, do we? We jump straight to the triumph and the hallelujahs, and those things are real and right. But before the joy, there was a locked door.
And what does Jesus do? He doesn’t stand outside and shout, “Pull yourselves together - I just rose from the dead!” He simply shows up. He walks through the wall and stands among them, right there in the middle of their fear.
That tells me something important. God isn’t waiting for you to calm down before he shows up. He’s already in the room.
David knew this too. Psalm 56 verse three says: “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” Not once the fear passes. Right in the middle of it.
Today’s devotional is about what that means for wherever you are right now - and one small, honest thing you can do today.
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I’d love to hear from you. Take care of yourself today.
Rob
Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/when-doubt-feels-like-the-wrong-answer?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true