Easter, for every true believer
of Jesus Christ, should not only symbolize a time of soul searching, sober
reflection and examination of our walk with the Lord but should also represent
a time of sincere gratitude.
This gratitude associated with
Easter is one that springs from the knowledge of the greatest gift of love exhibited
at Calvary and made manifest in the person of Jesus Christ our Saviour and
King.
To suppose that Easter is a
season of mere merriment and one of those holidays to evince religiousness
would amount to spiritual shortsightedness.
The world was lost in sin and
sadness, destined for doom but God demonstrates his love for us in this: while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). And nothing more
encapsulates the message of Easter than this.
We actually have nothing to prove
to God as reasons for being alive. Not by works but by grace are we saved
(Ephesians 2:5,8) and as believers, the least of what is expected of us is
complete surrendering of all to God, our souls obliged to worship and our
hearts opened for Jesus to reign.
Easter should awaken the thirst
for revival and hunger for sanctification. It should lead us back to the Cross,
kneeling at the feet of Jesus to be washed and renowned in the blood of the
Lamb. It should spur the church to action towards making disciples of nations
and should rejuvenate our love for God, our Maker and Jesus Christ, our Lord.
It is understandable that taking
up the cross to follow Christ is and has not been easy. And with all candidness
from experiential knowledge as you should have, walking with the Lord wasn't
meant to be easy. For a walk of faith is often on a path of fear.
But adversity should in no way deter
the believer whose hope and guide is the Lord. We may be pressed from all sides
but not defeated, mocked but not desolate, made object of hostility but not dispirited.
Because for every casting down we face, there is a lifting up from the Lord.
Therefore, if no true
transformation occurred in our lives during last year’s Easter, let’s not miss
a time like this to reconcile with God and make our lives a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable unto Him (Romans 12:1-2).
Our justification through faith
in the death of Christ should compel incorruptible reverence to Him. And in
knowing that our salvation is sealed with the Holy Spirit through the resurrection
of Christ, this calls for gratitude.
Gratitude, gratitude and grateful
should we be for all the Lord has done for us. And there is no better time to
show it than now, this Easter.
From The Truth Media family,
Happy Easter!
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