Ain’t That A VHIT
By Von C. Howard
If I’m being real, we are living in a time where confusion is constant.
Every day it feels like something shifts, economically, socially, professionally, even personally. One moment you think you have clarity, and the next, something changes that makes you question everything you thought you understood. Plans pivot. Expectations collapse. Stability feels uncertain.
And if I’m not careful, I can start reacting to everything I see… instead of discerning what it actually means.
That’s why the Resurrection Sunday message from Dr. Marcus D. Davidson, Senior Pastor of New Mount Olive Baptist Church, “He Got Up: The Power, The Proof, and The Promise of The Resurrection,” grounded me in a way I needed. Because Luke 24:1-12 isn’t just about what happened then, it speaks directly to how we navigate right now.
The women showed up at the tomb ready to carry out what they thought was their assignment. But what they encountered didn’t match their expectations.
The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty.
Perplexity.
And that’s where many of us are today, standing in front of situations that don’t match what we planned for. Whether it’s in our careers, our communities, our families, or even within ourselves, we’re trying to process outcomes that don’t align with what we anticipated.
But here’s what I’m learning: not everything that looks like a loss is actually a loss.
Sometimes it’s movement.
Sometimes it’s God shifting things ahead of you.
And without discernment, we can misread the moment.
We’ll think something is missing when in reality, something has already been handled. We’ll try to “fix” what God has already finished. We’ll stay stuck asking questions when God is waiting for us to recognize the evidence.
That’s where I’ve had to check myself.
Because in today’s world, where everything is loud, fast, and reactive, it’s easy to respond before reflecting. It’s easy to let emotions drive decisions instead of allowing discernment to shape perspective.
But discernment requires something different.
It requires slowing down.
It requires listening.
It requires remembering what God has already said, even when what I see doesn’t immediately confirm it.
The women had to be reminded: “He is not here but is risen.”
In other words, what you’re looking for has already shifted.
That speaks to me.
Because how many times have I kept going back to something, an old mindset, an old expectation, an old way of doing things, when God has already moved beyond it?
And maybe someone else needs that reminder too.
Maybe what feels confusing in your life right now isn’t meant to break you, it’s meant to reposition you. Maybe what doesn’t make sense yet is actually proof that something greater has already taken place.
But you won’t see it clearly without discernment.
I’m learning that proclamation, confidence, clarity, testimony, comes after I take the time to properly interpret what I’m going through.
Not rush it. Not force it. But discern it.
Because once it clicks… once I truly see what God has done…
I won’t just understand it, I’ll be able to stand on it.
In a time like this, discernment isn’t optional, it’s necessary.
Because what looks like an empty tomb…might actually be evidence that God has already moved.
He got up.
And in today’s time, I’m learning, that means I have to rise in my thinking, my faith, and my understanding too.
