DCLM Daily Manna 5 April 2026 Devotional By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Walk Of The Righteous
TOPIC: From Fear To Faith (DCLM Daily Manna 5 April 2026)
KEY VERSE: And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him – Mark 16:5,6
TEXT: Mark 16:1-8 (KJV)
1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
MESSAGE:
As Vice President, George Bush represented the US at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, Brezhnev’s wife performed an act of great courage and hope, a gesture that must surely rank as one of the most profound acts of civil disobedience ever committed: She reached down and made the sign of the cross on her husband’s chest. There in the citadel of secular, atheistic power, the wife of the man who had run it all hoped that her husband was wrong. She hoped that there was another life, and that that life was best represented by Jesus who died on the cross, and that the same Jesus might yet have mercy on her husband.”
Our passage narrates the powerful story of the resurrection from the perspective of the women – Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome – who came to anoint Jesus’ body. They were grieving, confused, and unsure of how they would roll the large stone away from the tomb’s entrance. But when they arrived, the stone was already rolled back, God had gone ahead of them. Inside, they found not Jesus’ body, but an angel who declared to them messages of: PEACE (“Be not affrighted”); POWER (“He is risen!”); POTENTIAL (“He is not here!”); PREACHING (“go your way, tell his disciples and Peter”); and PROMISE (“Ye shall see Him”). Jesus’ resurrection is the heart of the Christian faith. It implies that death has been defeated and new life is available to all who believe. On this strength, the angel instructed them to go and tell the disciples which they eventually obeyed and shared the good news.
This passage challenges us to live with faith over fear, to trust that God is already at work ahead of us, and to be willing to share the message of the risen Christ. Like the women at the tomb, we’re also called to respond to the resurrection with both awe and action, and walk in faith even when we don’t understand. what God is doing. He may have removed whatever “stone” we are worried about today.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The tomb is empty. Go and tell the world, Jesus is alive!
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalms 31-35.
Deeper Life Daily Manna was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
