“Who will roll away the stone from the tomb for us?” Mark 16:3 NKJV.

While you worry about an inconvenient obstacle, God may be working a miracle.

My thoughts and comments today are about “obstacles.”

I notice that a lot of worry and concern are about things you do not control and cannot accomplish on your own. People worry about the past which they cannot change, or the present inconvenience around them, or about matters in and of the future presently unknown. The Bible says, ”Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34 NKJV. Deal with today; that’s where you find God working.

God’s Word is so practical and always relevant to your life. Before sunrise, three women walked toward the borrowed tomb where Jesus’ body had been laid prior to the Sabbath. With no anticipation of the Resurrection, they came with spices and fragrant oils to anoint the body of their Lord. Sorrow and devotion drew them. The tomb where Jesus’ body lay was secured with a great stone and sealed by order of Rome.

The indication is that a very real and practical obstacle occupied their ongoing concern and conversation. “On the way they were discussing . . ‘Who will roll away the stone from the tomb for us?’” Mark 16:3 NLT/NKJV. This was not a single, simple comment; it was a recurring conversation. Such an obstacle could render their intentions and efforts unsuccessful. While they worried, God worked. Ever been in a similar predicament? Likely, you have. “But when they arrived, they . . saw the stone – a very large one – had already been rolled aside.” See Matthew 28:1-6 NKJV. What they could not do, God had already done.

How could this apply to your life? Easter is the living demonstration that absolutely nothing is impossible for God. The Bible declares, “God raised [Jesus] from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.” Read Acts 4:23-24 NIV. Read that verse again – “impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.” If the conspiracies of Hell and evil men that put Jesus on the cross and the power of death that ruled in that tomb could not hold the Son of God, even with Roman guards surrounding, would it be thought possible for any stone, however massive, to confine the Lord of Life?

While they worried about an inconvenient difficulty, God was working the greatest of miracles. Needlessly fretting over what you can’t do limits your trusting God for what He can and will do. Jesus was clear, “He said, ‘The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.” Luke 18:27 NKJV. I would suggest that the stone was not moved to “let Jesus out,” nor did it need to be. Maybe God removed the stone to “let them in” – to see for themselves the empty tomb, and report confidently to all others what they knew firsthand to be true.

Your problem, big or small, that troubles and baffles you is exactly the opportunity God welcomes to display His power as unchanged and unlimited. See Romans 8:11 NLT. Soon His followers who once worried about moving a stone would learn to have faith that moves mountains. See Matthew 17:20 NIV. Obstacles are God’s opportunities.

My prayer for you this day is that obstacles will not discourage you.