Resurrection power can be the basis of your life regardless of how much death and dying is currently surrounding you.
The mystery of life coming out of death is everywhere present in the created world. It is illustrated when the new morning comes forth out of the night. It is there when the spring breaks into view after winter. It is revealed when the flower bud follows the planting of its seeds. It is the experience of love, the true essence of all life, when individuals’ rights are sacrificed. One of the early followers of Jesus simply stated,
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day (2 Cor. 4:15-16).
Resurrection power is the mystery of all life.
Jesus spoke of this mystery of life when he said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit” (John 12:24). Peter, often the spokesman for the original followers of Jesus, wrote, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead . . .” (1 Pet. 1:3).
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ not only serves as the perfect example of the mystery of life coming out of death but also by his death and resurrection became the means by which all men can go through similar resurrection events. The resurrection of the body to experience the newness of life within the vessel is what it means to be Christian (2 Cor. 4:7). God has begotten his world in a continual living hope by bringing resurrection life out of death. It is resurrection power that give us hope to live.
Jesus came into this world to ultimately reveal the way of life in his death and resurrection. Moreover, he not only showed the way, but became the way that believers might also experience the many resurrection events in their lives. After his death and resurrection, he told the early disciples to not leave Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit came upon them (Acts 2:1-38). He knew that they would need this power in their lives to overwhelm their mind to not resist what God was doing in the circumstances of their lives. For after all, it is these many baptisms in the Holy Spirit, these many resurrection events of resurrection power, that enable believers to experience the nearness of Christ in their lives.
Resurrection power brings hope to all believers.
It is all because Jesus was raised from the dead. Peter probably said it as good as it can be said:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:3-7).
No matter what may be the circumstances of which you find yourself, Jesus has been raised from the dead and has been taken up to the heavenly realm in order that the heavenly Father can send him back to you. He is alive and he can bring life to you, even though death and dying may be all around you. You have been begotten unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. May you have a great season of resurrection power.
