He is Risen!
He is Risen indeed!
Such will be the liturgy that opens Easter worship services in thousands of churches around the world.
Too often, these powerful affirmations are left echoing in sanctuaries without any impact on our world. Why? Because it is one thing to announce Jesus is risen, with your friends, in the safety of a sanctuary; it is another to make the truth of these powerful affirmations the way of your life.
As followers of this Risen Jesus, we are seeking to make the Life in Christ our way of life. In the devotional experience, Everyman’s Way to the Cross, which follows the fourteen Stations of the Cross, Christ speaks these words at Station Fourteen:
“So ends my mortal life. But now another life begins for Mary, and for Mary Magdalene, for Peter and for John, and you. My work as a man is done. My work within and through My church must now commence. I look to you. Day in, day out, from this time forth, be My disciple, servant, saint.”
The closing meditation then reminds us that Jesus’ life was not complete until He crowned it by His death. Our way is not complete unless we crown it by our life. Jesus has promised us: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” With this assurance Jesus commands us: “Go now! Take up your cross and with your life complete your way.”
JESUS IS WAITING FOR OUR RESPONSE
What word or phrase in these verses
attracts your attention?
Reflect on that word or phrase.
What insights come to you?
How does this passage touch your life today?
Reading for 9-Apr-12 John 20:19-31
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