Matt 27 [NIV Dramatized Audio]

On my trip to the Holy Land, our tour spent time at the sight of the Garden Tomb. Golgotha, the place of the skull, is not far from it. It was a memorable day. I remember sensing such peace there.

In our daily Christian lives, we endure our own tombs and places of execution where we die to self and the pain our trials befall. Death to self brings God’s peace, not the taste of defeat and sorrow as we would suppose. When we die to self, we rise to walk in newness of life. We leave behind our graveclothes and stench of death. Like Christ, we are free to proceed to the next task God has for us.