Did you go searching for Easter eggs today?

There are many stories in the Bible of people who went searching for Jesus.

A sick woman pushed through the crowd just to touch Him.

A blind man cried out as he stumbled forward, just to meet Him.

Parents brought their children, just so they could be blessed by Him.

The crowds camped up the mountain for three days, just so they could hear Him.

…Zaccheaus climbed up a tree, just so he could see Him.

Did you go searching for Easter eggs today?

In film circles, an “Easter egg” is a hidden extra on a DVD. It can be an unexpected reference to another episode or movie, within the film itself. Or it can be an extra clip or interview that is does not show on the DVD menu. Usually, it’s not something you notice the first time round. For even the most avid fans it can take two or three viewings before they find it.

I love Easter eggs. Especially the ones that have been right in front of you the whole time.

On my second viewing of The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe, I quite literally jumped out of my chair as I watched the scene where Peter and Susan talk to the Professor, and I noticed his silver apple tobacco pot! (All you Narnia fans will understand my excitement. And for those who didn’t notice themselves, I’m sure you will race to put the DVD on and see for yourself…But please wait until the end of my blog 😉 )

When you discover an Easter egg, it’s always unexpected. It’s as if you’ve been invited to share in a special secret. Sometimes you feel like the extra has been put there just for you.

On the first Resurrection Sunday, the women went to the tomb expecting to find the stone in place and a dead man inside. What they found was the best Easter egg of all! As the peered inside at the empty tomb, the angels said to them:

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”

 –Luke 24v5 NRSV-

And so the greatest Easter hunt began!

In fact, ever since Creation, God has been placing “Easter eggs” within His Word and through all He has made, just for us to discover.

By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being.

      –Rom 1v19 MSG-

Did you go searching for Easter eggs today?

If you find God mysterious, and His Word confusing: don’t worry, and don’t stop searching!

The great hunt doesn’t end on Easter Sunday… It’s only the beginning!

It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out

      -Proverbs 25v2 NRSV-