Last Easter, we woke up to the news that churches and hotels in Sri Lanka were bombed by terrorist extremists trying to deter Christians. Churches were closed for several weeks. Many lost their lives while worshipping the risen Jesus, their Saviour. In one Church, during the children’s Sunday school little ones sang praises to the Lord, they raised their hands to show that they would give their lives for Jesus. Moments later the children lost their lives as a person filled with hate detonated a bomb selfishly, cowardly.
This Easter, churches around the world are physically closed because of a viral pandemic. There is an enemy not just a virus nor one of literal flesh and blood but of spiritual darkness.
Our eyes are hopefully opened to the need of a healer, restorer, savior. Reliance on our own depraved works is not sufficient.
The world has come to a stop, our lives which were laboring daily to survive, has stalled.
Circumstances, finances, health held in a delicate balance at its tipping point.
Enlightening us of the deficiency within us and the imperfections of who we are.
Light shines on the darkness and in eager hunger for truth and light we turn towards the knowledge of God.
Desire for God comes by rejection of the love of darkness.
The death of Jesus on the cross brought a deep darkness upon the earth. The hearts of those who hated the truth embraced the darkness that engulfed them. Their hearts quivered in fear but not of God. Their lives lost to the emptiness of the world. Death came. Darkness surrounded, inescapable. Lost was the light that had come. Late was the day of rejoicing. Gone was the hope of victory.
In His mercy, the sparks of a light flickered, glimmered and shone through, igniting a revolutionary joy. One found not in human conquest but in the glorious nature of God. Jesus resurrected to life in body and spirit.
God’s majesty and sovereignty revealed both in the death and bringing back to life.
Though darkness surrounded the earth and the earth appeared void, a light was there. The Spirit of God lingered.
In love by grace he provided a way for us to be redeemed. Believe in faith that Christ was raised from the dead. Cast off the shadows of the darkness, the death of sin and love of hate. Embrace instead and surrender our love to the glory of God’s love and redemption that eclipses the sinful poverty of our souls.
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