It’s Sunday! And not just any Sunday. Resurrection Sunday! The day we hinge our entire faith on.
Had the story ended on Saturday, it would have been just another story. The disciples were discouraged and afraid. The man they had come to follow and love was dead and everything they thought they knew was crumbling.
Thank the good Lord the story wasn’t over.
We don’t have a faith and a hope because of what we do, because of how good we are, or even because Jesus walked the earth and died on a cross. We have a faith and a hope because Jesus lives!
He lives. As our pastor said this morning, we have a living hope because he lives.
Some years it’s just another Resurrection Sunday and it doesn’t sink in. But this year, it’s really impacted my heart. There is no greater joy than knowing we have a God who loves us so much he sacrificed his Son for us.
A lot of life feels like that Saturday did for those disciples. We can’t see the end, we don’t know what the outcome will be. We feel discouraged and depressed because it feels hopeless. But thank God we don’t have a Saturday kind of hope!
We have a Sunday kind of hope. The kind of hope that is impenetrable and unwavering. The kind of hope that outlasts any circumstance. The kind of hope only a living God can give.
Jesus overcame death for you. For me. For whatever you’re facing. He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
If you don’t know Jesus as your living hope, today is as good a day as any to ask him to be your savior. He loves you so much he endured unimaginable torture and death. Just so you could have a place in heaven. And if you think you’re unworthy, you’re right. We all are. Good thing that doesn’t matter to Jesus. He still wants you as part of his family!
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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