This is about the confidence that knowing the resurrection is true can give you, even in the worst of Troubles!
A Puppet Skit by Craig Ledbetter
Sally:
Hello
Gerry! Long time no see!
Gerry:
Hi
Sally! Yes, it has been too long!
Sally:
Well,
what are you doing this morning, all by yourself?
Gerry:
I
was just sitting here thinking.
Sally:
About
what?
Gerry:
Well,
I was reading in the Gospel of Matthew about Jesus rising from the grave, and I
remembered something that Job said.
Sally:
Really?
What does Job have to do with Jesus?
Gerry:
I’ll
read it to you. It is amazing. “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and
that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.” That’s Jesus
standing here on earth as King in the future. But it gets better!
Sally:
Really?
Gerry:
Yes.
Listen to this? “And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in
my flesh shall I see God: Whom I
shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold.”
Sally:
How
long ago was the Book of Job written?
Gerry:
About
4,000 years ago!
Sally:
Wow!
That’s 2,000 years before Jesus was even born!
Gerry:
And
yet, Job knew in his heart of hearts that even though he would die, he would
live in his body again, and would live to see God with his own two eyes! Job
believed in the resurrection!
Sally:
Double
wow!
Gerry:
That’s
what I said, and that’s when you walked in.
Sally:
I’m
sorry to have interrupted you
Gerry:
No,
no, you didn’t interrupt me. You just reminded me that the fact that Jesus is
alive, needs to not only be thought about, but talked about and preached, and
spread all over the world!
Sally:
But
a lot of people don’t believe that Jesus is alive! They think that all the
trouble in their life proves He is not in heaven, and doesn’t care.
Gerry:
I
know. But Job had troubles too.
Sally:
Really?
What kind of troubles?
Gerry:
Every
kind of troubles. According to the Bible, all his kids were killed; all his
crops were burned; all his health was gone; all his cattle were stolen; and all
his property was destroyed.
Sally:
That’s
a LOT of troubles!
Gerry:
That’s
right. But in the midst of all that darkness in his life, Job held on to
something precious to him.
Sally:
His
blanket?
Gerry:
No
silly! He was holding on to his confidence, his faith that he would win in the
end. That he would outlive all his troubles, and that he would live with His
Redeemer – his Saviour – Jesus!
Sally:
I
am so glad for Jesus being MY Saviour!
Gerry:
Me
too! And I am so glad that no matter what troubles we may go through, we will
stand with Jesus, who conquered death, and hell, and old age, and sin, and the
devil, and …
Sally:
And
milk!
Gerry:
And
MILK?
Sally:
Yeah,
Mom says that Jesus gives us living water. I hate milk.
Gerry:
Hah,
hah, hah, heh, hah!
Sally:
Speaking
of milk, I better go. I am supposed to be home for lunch soon!
Gerry:
See
you again soon Sally!
Sally:
God
bless, Gerry!
Sally
walks one way away
Gerry:
Hmmm.
And milk huh? Never thought of that? I better go find some lunch too! Bye
everybody!
Gerry
walks off stage in the other direction