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Whole New Meaning to Risen from the Dead
If I had to pick between God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, I would say that my relationship with the Holy Spirit has always been the greatest. This makes sense since God sent this spirit to live in those who accepted him. However, the depth of my understanding about Jesus Christ, and how powerful of an event and decision it was to die on the cross for us, has never been easy for me to understand or relate to. Today, I made some headway on this idea of a man, who is also God, dying on a cross for every single person in the whole world and understanding it on an emotional level. My church today talked about it in a whole new light.
I’ve always heard that the death of Jesus brought life. He rose from the dead, he died for our sins, and from that day forward every person on the planet and in the future was able to shirk off the darkness of their sins and walk with our head held high in the light, knowing they had been forgiven through Jesus. I get that. I’ve heard that a thousand times. But today, the preacher at Community Christian got me to think about the true and complete meaning of life as it relates to Jesus’ death.
Many of us go through life, content, but not truly happy. We worry on a day to day basis about so many things and fail to live in the moment with our eyes wide open, observing the beauty, opportunity, and love that surrounds us. We fail to recognize forgiveness, humility, grace in its completeness in each moment. There’s only a few moments where we live enough to have our eyes opened to the depth of quality in this life. The depth of beauty in every living thing, the awe-dropping scenes of love and bravery, the beauty in each person’s smile as they walk by, the magnificence of the God’s interwoven plans for the human race (I commonly think about this one). With Jesus’ death, came the ability to live each and every moment to that capacity. His death created the opportunity for such a great life, a life where we notice all of these things spontaneously and are constantly filled with God’s joy. A life where we constantly can make a difference, forge straight ahead on the path God wills for us if we so choose, and can experience in every moment freedom from any burden.
Jesus died, and created an everlasting joy for anyone who seeks after it, and I think I understand a bit more now about an act that was so immeasurable and previously seemingly separated from my life by thousands of years and infinite wisdom. The distance can be bridged when you realize that this indescribably selfless act has been defining and enriching your life and giving you such magnificent opportunity for happiness from your first moment and will continue doing so until your last.
