In The Garden
"Introducing Tarry"
Pastor Wayne Clabaugh

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Scripture: "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." Luke 24:49 (KJV)

I can't think of a more solemn occasion than to be one of those who were gathered together - still wondering what had happened to the Lord (for sure); and he ALL OF A SUDDEN APPEARED ... RIGHT IN THEIR MIDST!! TALK ABOUT SHAKING YOUR BODY AND SOUL TO THE CORE???!!!

Yet, that's just what Jesus did, and to prove it was he, he showed them his side and His hands and feet. I can tell you that this old boy form Missouri would've have wanted to say something but I would've needed the anointing to open my mouth because all you would've gotten out of me would've been, "whadawhadawha.....".

HE HAD RISEN!!! HALLELUJAH! HE "HAS" RISEN!!!

Many of us go through our daily lives with all of our trials and struggles - forgetting that very thing! JESUS, THE LION OF JUDAH, THE ROSE OF SHARON, THE KING OF KINGS HAS RISEN!!!! PRAISE HIS NAME!

Now let me ask you something here today... is there anyone that can tell me that when God would allow His only begotten Son to die such a horrifying death and yet bring Him back to life in three days - that HE DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL PLANNED FOR YOU? You may lose everything, yet in the darkness of your emotional graveside HE IS STILL CALLING YOU FORTH JUST AS HE DID LAZARUS... because sometimes our emotions have to be buried. Sometimes our desires need to be crucified... Sometimes our selfish plans need to feel the pain of a spear thrust into our side so that we can find a NEW RESURRECTION in Christ!

I don't know what you're going through today. It may be the worse pain you have ever known and your spirit, soul and body could be so torn that you feel as though you will never come out of it. Friend... let me introduce you to "tarry". It's a word that the Saviour used when He spoke to the disciples after His resurrection. You see, He knew what they had faced was rough on them and that what they were about to face would even be worse... but he asked them to go back to that house of prayer and "tarry" there until they were endued with the Power from on high. Why? He answers that question in the preceding verses...

"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things" Luke 24:45-48 (KJV)

That last verse is the KEY my friend! "Ye are witnesses of these things."

YOU ARE HIS WITNESS to what He has done in your life. You may not be as lively as you once were, you may not be as daring as you once were; you may not be as bold and dynamic as you once were... but FOR GOD'S SAKE - GET INTO YOUR PRAYER ROOM AND "TARRY" until the GLORY FLOWS! HE NEEDS YOU!!!

Let's pray.

Father, if ever there was a time I have felt the urge to tarry it is now. Yes Lord, I have put it off or gotten started and allowed something else to get in the way - had to be to some meeting or do something somewhere... and Father, I KNOW THAT I NEED TO GET BACK IN THERE AND TARRY UNTIL THE GLORY FALLS! I begin that even now Father! I set aside everything and Holy Spirit I ask your help me to tarry until I am drenched with the Glory of God! COME HOLY SPIRIT!!! COME LORD JESUS!! I wait for You O Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen.