The message of Easter is the greatest proclamation ever made! It has been expressed in many ways: “He has risen.” “Death is not the end!” “Good has triumphed over evil.” However it is expressed, the implications of embracing the Easter message are life-transforming.
Skeptics of every generation have demanded proof of the resurrection story. The original proof revealed in the first century is still true today, and is found in the lives of believers as they seek to live the resurrection faith. Christ’s teachings continue to inspire and motivate believers in the “more excellent way” he revealed. “Resurrection” begins when one embraces the Easter message and becomes transformed for more faithful Christ-like living. We become, as the Apostle Paul suggests, “new creations” in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Christ’s transforming work continues in spite of the life’s multitude of challenges. Yes, life is filled with complications, disappointments, trials and tribulations. Yet Easter empowers us in faith to face whatever life brings. Paul expressed the message this way: “Nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Jesus.” (Romans 8:28) God has declared a victory in life and in death that cannot be taken away. Because of Easter and its promises, we can live as new creatures in a new creation.
The power of Divine love lies at the heart of the Easter proclamation. Such love is transforming. It offers hope in the midst of despair, calmness in the midst of anxiety, joy in times of sorrow, life in facing the reality of death. All of these benefits are possible because of Divine love -- the love that triumphed over the cruelty of death on a cross. It is the power of this Divine love that continues to empower those who embrace the Easter proclamation for faith living as Easter people.
With our EYES we can see the beauty of Easter as the earth awakens once more to new life...
With our EARS we can hear the birds singing and reminding us that the miracle of Spring is here again...
With our HANDS we can pick a bouquet from an array of beautiful flowers with their unique designs, colors, and fragrance...
But only within our HEART can we feel the miracle of God’s love transforming us, creating, and recreating us anew…
And only within our SOUL can we find faith and hope that enables us to inherit the Easter promise of eternal life.
