Episode 59 - Truckers Church

Hey there, brothers and sisters of the road. Welcome back

to Trucker's Church. Whether you're rolling down the highway or

sitting on a truck stop or just waking up, I'm

glad you're here. Today. Ain't just Sunday. This is resurrection Sunday.

Today everything changed. You know, out here on the road,

we've all had moments where it feels like everything just stops.

Blown tire breakdown, bad news from back home, almost where

it feels like you reached the end of the road.

And that's exactly what it looked like. When Jesus went

to the cross, he was beaten, mocked, nailed to that cross,

and in that moment, it looked like hope was gone,

the Bible says in Matthew twenty seven, verse fifty. And

when Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, he

gave up his spirit to everyone watching. That was it finished.

Even the earth shook, the earth shook, the rock split,

and the tunes broke open. From Matthew twenty seven to

fifty one to fifty two, it looked like the end

of the story. Jesus was laid in a tomb, a

stone rolled in front of it, a sealed shut You

ever had a season like that where everything feels closed off, silent, buried,

where you're just sitting there thinking, God, where are you?

Disciples were right there, no answers, no direction, just silence.

But early that Sunday morning everything changed. Look at Matthew

twenty eight, verse two. There was a violent earthquake where

an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and

rolled back the stone and sat on it. Can you

picture that that stone that sealed death end got rolled

away and then came the words that changed everything? In

Matthew twenty six, he is not here. He has risen,

just as he said, Just as he said. Let me

tell you what that means for you. Driver. That means

death didn't win. Sin didn't win, Your past didn't win.

The Bible says in One Corinthians fifteen fifty five, where

O death is your victory, where O death is your sting,

then it answers it in fifteen fifty seven, Thanks be

to God, he gives us the victory through our Lord

Jesus Christ. So that thing you've been carrying, that guilt,

that addiction, that mistake you keep replaying in your head,

that ain't your final stop. The scripture says, if the

sun sets you free, you will be free. Indeed, that's

Johnny thirty six, not halfway free, not almost made it free. Indeed,

I've had moments in my life where I felt buried,

like I have made too many wrong terms. But God

didn't leave me in that tune, and he won't leave

you either. Because the Bible says this is Isaiah forty

twenty nine. He gets strength to the weary and increases

the power of the week. Here's something I want you

to hold on to today, John fourteen nineteen. Because I live,

you also will live. That's Jesus talking. Because he walked

out of that grave, you got a new life too.

So here's the question today, what are you doing with Jesus,

not just on Easter, but on the long miles, the

lonely nights, the hard stretches of the road. Because he

didn't just rise from the grave. He did it so

you could rise too. Let's pray together, Lord out here

on these highways. We carry a lot heavy loads physically

and spiritually. Today we remember the tomb is empty. Your

word says, if we confess our sins, he is faithful

and justice he will forgive us, so we lay it

all down right now. Forgive us, restore us, lead us forward,

give us strength of the road ahead, and remind us

every mile we're not alone in Jesus' name. Amen, all right, driver,

as you roll on today, remember this. The road didn't

end on the gross. It opened at the domb, and

the Bible says in Matthew twenty twenty. Sirly, I'm with

you always to the very end of the age. You've

got miles ahead, but you don't have to drive them alone.

This is Crucker's Church. I'm glad you rode along with

me today. Stay safe out there, keep your eyes on

the road and your heart on the Lord.

Rolling out at midnight, highways, cold and bladdy pictures on

the dashboard, a Bible in the batty. I've been chase

and freedom.

Down this old inn state the livery mile.

I'm riding just another mile, fedy, These wheels keep turned

in my heart, keeching through the storms and the empty

l No man to guide me, but here's those beside me.

I'm running on mounds for fame. Some roads lead to

know where, some to a better places.

I don't know my tomorrow, but I know maize and breeze.

It lights cut the darkness like his word.

Cuts to my soul. This life is just a highwady,

and I'm ready road.

These wheels keep turning, my heart keeps arding through the

stormarm andy, empty LANs, no map to carding, but his

love is sady.

I'm on bows of face, one day on lead.

These keys do part, this riget Hiven's key.

Till then I'll keep.

One rolling, riding these moles of faith. These wheels keep turned.

In my heart, keeching through the storms.

Any emptyings, no man to God, But here's those is sady.

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