The Weekly Perspective
by Burke Shade, Associate Pastor
While there is a war going on, don’t get sidetracked and miss what is really happening. And what is that? RESURRECTION!
The world in our neighborhood is going from the slumber of winter death to the awakening of spring and summer. From death to life; from brown rottenness to leafy green and purple and white and pink and yellow and…
So when you walk or drive around and see the daffodils springing up and blooming, or the Bradford
Pears and Redbuds blooming, don’t just notice the beauty. Rather, reflect on the deeper meaning: there is
life and resurrection in God’s world, and He is reminding me of this every year. It’s springtime, when
God chose to redeem/resurrect Israel out of Egypt with the Passover, setting up our Easter observance
which fulfills it all in Jesus, once and for all. Not only is the world coming back to life, but it all points to the work of Jesus and our blessings in that.
Think about verses such as Romans 4:25, “…who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our
justification.” Jesus was resurrected so you might be made right with God: so live that out by praising him for all the bloomings around you and how you enjoy favor with God the Father through Jesus’ faithfulness and obedience. Rejoice for the life of God and the life in God and tell your spouse and your kids and your friends and your neighbors how great it is to be reminded of this every year: death does not get the final word. The resurrected, life-giving Jesus does.
He is risen! He is risen, indeed!