A lot of life hangs in the balance between what we think we know and what we believe to be true purely on faith. There are things we can’t fully prove, only trust. As children we trust everything. Age erodes our ability to trust like we once did when we were kids.
And then there’s this resurrection of Jesus.
It’s more than an idea. It’s not just a metaphor. An abundance of evidence tells us that something happened. If it didn’t, our Christian faith is all but useless and nothing more than a guide for living better in the world we randomly inhabit.
Without the Resurrection, we’re left trying to squeeze meaning out of a world that is as meaningless as it is hopeless.
But it happened.
The earliest followers of Jesus didn’t build their lives on His teachings alone. They built their lives on the claim that they had seen Him, alive and well, after watching Him die.
Christ’s resurrection changed them.
Since the Resurrection is true, it doesn’t simply offer comfort. It also asks something of us. It invites us to trust in a life we can’t control and in a future we can’t map out.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
John 14:18-20 ESV
“Because I live, you also will live.”
Like you, I’ve read those words before. But some days they feel more like an invitation than a fact, as there are things in this life I am still learning how to fully accept.
The Resurrection doesn’t remove death from our story. But, it refuses to let death have the final word. That’s where hope begins. It’s not in avoiding the reality of beginnings and endings, but in trusting they aren’t the entire story.
So I invite you to sit with the meaning and depth of Christ’s resurrection as we acknowledge that since Jesus is alive, it changes everything. Nothing is as final as it seems.
Be salty, stay lit.
Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™
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Yes 🙌 indeed, Rosie! God has the final word. Thank you for supporting my blog by reading and sharing your thoughts.
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“Nothing is as final as it seems.” Ah, great words to take into the days following Easter! ~ Rosie
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