“Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.”

In this narrative of the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, the 3 words, “I am He”, gave a very small glimpse as to the power which even the voice of Jesus, the King of kings, possessed.

When Jesus spoke these words, the crowd fell to the ground. Within this crowd were seasoned Roman soldiers who had no doubt experienced much greater peril than the arrest of an unarmed Jewish prophet in the stillness of an Olive Garden.

The voice of Jesus is just as powerful today for those who have ears to hear. How’s your spiritual hearing doing? Are you in need of some divine hearing aids? Usually, the voice of God is not so powerfully fearful that we are knocked on our backsides.

Most of the time it is a still small voice that can only be heard when we are not distracted and focusing on the Lord in prayer.

During this Holy Weekend I want to strongly encourage each of us to spend time alone with God as well as attending the services that will make Resurrection Sunday even more meaningful!

With Easter Anticipation,

Pastor Chris Yount