Run Toward Wonder

Scripture:
“Peter got up and ran to the tomb… then he went home, amazed.” (Luke 24:12)

Peter is not the hero of certainty here. Luke doesn’t say Peter went home “convinced.” He went home amazed. And that’s a gift, because it means Easter makes room for people who aren’t sure what to do with hope yet.

Peter is carrying his own outsider story. Luke has already shown us Peter denying Jesus, then weeping bitterly. Shame has a way of making you feel like you’re on the outside of your own faith. And yet, when the news comes, Peter runs. Not because he has it all sorted out—but because something in him wants to be closer to whatever God is doing.

That’s the invitation for anyone who feels like an outsider to faith. You don’t have to start with polished belief. You can start with motion. You can start with a step. You can start by running toward wonder—toward the possibility that grace is real, that your story isn’t sealed, that Jesus is alive.

Luke’s Gospel ends by turning outsiders into witnesses. The women run to tell. Peter runs to see. Wonder becomes the doorway to discipleship. And it can for you, too.

So today, if your heart is hesitant, let your feet move anyway. Come closer. Pray anyway. Show up anyway. Let amazement be enough for now. God is still doing more than we can see.

Application

• Take one “Peter step” today: read Luke 24:1–12 slowly, pray, and ask God for wonder.
• If you feel ashamed, don’t hide—move toward Jesus in honesty.
• Invite someone else to “run toward wonder” with you: a friend, spouse, child, neighbor.

Prayer
Risen Jesus, give me courage to come closer even when I’m unsure. Turn my shame into movement, my doubt into openness, my closed heart into wonder. Let resurrection rewrite the outsider story in me. Amen.

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