As we recognize the sacrifice and life of our Lord Jesus Christ as we head into Easter, I thought I'd say a few words about it. First of all, I'll freely admit that when I was a child it was all about the bunny. Every easter all of us kids would help boil the eggs, then paint the eggs and have a great time, then find them after the easter bunny came and hid them in our homes. Very similar to Christmas we just simply believed it while our parents really did the work. These days, it means much more to me. It's about my freedom, my breath, my Jesus, dieing so that I could live. It's more about a story of a man that came to earth as the Son of God as the son of man. Jesus was born so that every temptation, sin, and death could be faced by a force that could defeat it. Thankfully Jesus died for us on the cross, walking 33 miles, bleeding from his side, tempted and tried, so that we could have freedom.
Easter is the day in the bible that Jesus rose from the dead. If you want to argue that sunday isn't the actual day, or that easter isn't or whatever, go right ahead. I'm going to worry more about the fact that He did it, and thank him for saving me. Don't get lost in time, or date, get lost in Jesus, and Jesus alone. When Jesus becomes our everything, the things that matter will become more clear to you, your life won't be easy, but you'll have the strength to make it through!
When going through the reflection of what occurred in the life of Jesus suffering and death this weekend, I would challenge you to ask yourselves these questions.
1. Does the impact of the cross trully relish on my heart?
2. Where is my relationship with Christ? Am I connected or am I like a faulty internet connection?
3. What does it all mean to me? Can I put all of the pieces together to try and understand why God would send His one and only to die for me?
4. Simply, How great is the work that Jesus did for us on the cross?
The cross should impact you any time that you hear or think about it. None of us can truly fathom exactly what Jesus did on the cross. The whole weight of the world's every sin was on him. He had to be condemned for us. He became guilty so that we could be innocent. We are now perfect in His eyes. That is such good news!
Our relationship with Christ should go directly through his blood and suffering. He offers us his cross everyday so that we can walk upon it to God, that's our only route to God almighty. If we're struggling or extremely broken, we can walk upon the cross and rid of all our stuff. That's so awesome!
To me, I don't think I can fathom what it all means. And I don't think anyone really knows other than God himself, and obviously Jesus. They had the vision the whole time. The Son of God was completely crushed under the wrath of God and was crucified for you and me so that we could live a life that pleases him. That's what it's all about!
The work that Jesus did on the cross finished what God had planned for you and me. He released us from the condemnation of sin by taking it up to mount Calvary. What a beautiful thing. He gave you and I life so that we could have the opportunity to be on earth and have relationships with people, to have children, and spouses, and play baseball, and go fishing, or whatever it is you like to do!
May the power of Easter and it's value and worth for what it truly means pass into each one of our hearts this weekend as we reflect on exactly what Jesus Christ did for each and every one of us!
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