He is Risen!! Happy Easter Sunday!! And yet…I want to write…
This past Good Friday was a poignant and powerful day for me…
I felt a tad emotional by the overwhelming sense of the Holy Spirit in the little bit of time I had with the Lord before heading off to work. I sensed His nearness all day…while…of all things…doing payroll for a busy medical office (just goes to show how available Jesus is, no matter where we are!)…then a CTscan in the late afternoon…
Yes…a scan to determine if the Stage 4, incurable cancer had come back. I won’t go into the whole story here…nevertheless…I am six years past my diagnosed expiration date. I love physicians (I work for one that I adore)!! However…no one has the final say over a life surrendered to Jesus (and probably not perfectly surrendered…that is still happening in layers)…but Jesus.
I found out later that evening…the scan was clear…I am still…stable.
If Good Friday is about atonement, forgiveness, restoration, and redemption…the resurrection is about…power…God Almighty’s power…
“…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened…what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,” Ephesians 1:18-20
All that Jesus sacrifice purchased (at the most anguishing, horrific price possible)…the resurrection secures it. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead…that same Holy Spirit…now resides in those who believe. That is just one of the things that Easter is about…So…
Whatever…and I mean whatever you are facing this Easter Sunday, small or large, little or daunting, could be easily handled or is way above your pay-grade…let the King of Glory, the King of life…the King of Power have it. Give the Holy Spirit the reins of your life and let Him…reign. Easter is for…you
He is Risen…He is Risen Indeed!
photo: Dave and Deborah Vanderlaan - Fine Art America