“And
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” Mark 8:31 NKJV
While we must preach Christ crucified, we
must never leave out Christ resurrected. We don’t serve a dead leader. We don’t
serve an unfortunate martyr. We don’t serve a mythological symbolism of Spring.
We serve the Risen Savior. Christ arose – Hallelujah! We serve the Son of God
who bodily rose again from the dead, left hell defeated in His wake and lives
forever to sustain His people.
What does it mean to us, day to day in our
ordinary lives, that Jesus rose again. In short, it means everything. It means
that He is alive to give us aid and comfort in every need. It means that we are
never alone. We are not dependent on the simple memory of a dead man; we have
the daily blessed fellowship with our risen Savior. We cannot face something He
didn’t already face and now, He who conquered every foe on earth can stand
beside us to also win the victory each day. But not only in this life are we
blessed. Because He lives, death is defeated and we can pass from life unto
life forevermore.
Almighty
God, Thank You for the resurrection and its blessings to me each day. Amen.
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