Preparing for Easter Sunday

As I’ve been thinking about Easter Sunday coming up I’m finding myself thinking more about and being stuck on the sacrifice that Jesus made.  We rejoice in the fact that on the 3^rd day Jesus rose up from the grave.  Because of that we can look to him and lean upon him for our salvation and our life.  I keep thinking about him on that night before he broke bread with his disciples.  What was it like to eat and drink with them knowing that soon he would be murdered…that he would be beaten and whipped and mocked…for me and for you.  That he didn’t spurn or deflect what God had called him to do.  He never questioned his heavenly father. (Matthew 26:39)

I know that I was born into sin (Romans 3:23) and that apart from a heavenly father who loves me and has called me (Romans 8:29-30) that I am doomed to sin and ultimately a death that separates us eternally.  Because of that I know that everyday I must seek to be more like him.  I must not get caught in a cycle of apathy or become complacent to the things of God.  My prayer for us this Easter is that we would let the gravity of our sin settle on our shoulders and understand where we would be apart from His sacrifice.  Apart from Jesus and what he willingly took on himself we would be enemies of God.  That thought fills my heart and mind with despair and makes the truth of what Jesus did that much more amazing.  My prayer for you would be that this would not be another Easter Sunday for you, but that it would be different because of Him.

Justin