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EASTER SUNDAY, What is it really about?
While surprising our kids with Easter baskets filled with chocolate bunnies and other candies,
family gatherings, and Easter Brunch at many hotels, it is not really about the bunnies or candy. It is important that we gather as a family and remember and reflect on what is important in this life, but let’s look a little deeper.
Eternity matters! If you don’t believe me now, I can assure you that you will when you die or the rapture takes place. Resurrection Sunday (Easter) is this coming Sunday and I am so thankful for the price Jesus paid on the Cross for the whole world’s sin. Jesus is alive and I am grateful that He still raises the dead. He raised my husband up from early death in 2012, healed him from two strokes, and two open-heart surgeries. He is still alive because of the finished work of the Cross of Jesus Christ. You can read the full account in my second book: A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days at the Mercy Seat)… an amazing up-to-date resurrection story of God’s divine intervention and miracles. The book will give you hope to believe for anything in your life.
That same resurrection power resides in you and I as believers in Jesus. What an amazing Truth!
This is an amazing time of year with trees and flowers blooming but more importantly, a time to reflect on the everlasting Truth of God’s Word—Jesus—the Word made flesh—who was crucified, buried and rose again that we might have eternal life. When we put His Word in our hearts—we bloom with His love toward others and have divine perspective, which propels us through passion for His purposes.
Eternity matters in the big picture of life. I pray you take time to reflect on the unfailing love of God and the unfailing reality of “God is with us” today and our SOON COMING KING.
Jesus rode on the “foal” (or donkey) because his mission was one of peace, while the crowd shouted “Hosanna” (which is Hebrew for “SAVE NOW”)…..but He is coming back on a white horse. The disciples didn’t understand that Jesus had to go to the cross nor did they understand the words He spoke about His death and resurrection until they were fulfilled.
In John 12:15 the “foal” was an animal that had never borne a burden (Jesus is likened as our “beast of burden”)—where we are to cast our cares over upon him like tossing a blanket on a beast of burden that walks alongside us.
The “foal” was therefore young and inexperienced. A King would ride such an untrained beast when he was on a mission of peace, whereas he would ride a mature, trained horse when on a mission of war (see Revelation 19:11 where Jesus comes on a white horse). A good friend of mine who is also a minister called and shared a dream he had recently—he saw the Lord Jesus riding on a white horse coming in the clouds. God is speaking to all who are listening and watching for His return.
Choose to “stand near the Cross” as a reminder of the high cost Jesus paid for our redemption, and as a way to acknowledge our need of God. Everyone and everything is level at the Cross. How can anyone be arrogant who stands near the cross? Nothing but the Cross of Jesus Christ can give us the spirit of humility.
Reflect on the wonder of the cross of Christ. This will empower each of us to mortify or crucify the flesh and set our affection on Jesus. How do we do this? By choosing God’s Ways over our own.
Pray with me: “Father, I want to stay close to the Cross of Christ—fully acknowledging my need of Jesus. I declare my dependence upon God, and in this way I am humbling myself before God.”
Choose to take control of your thoughts—and the words you speak over yourself and others. Don’t believe the lies from the enemy. Spend more time in the Word of God and less time listening to the lies of the enemy. Think about the love of God and the high cost Jesus paid on the Cross. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15). “The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost” (Luke 19:10).
Set your affection upon Jesus—and be preoccupied with the divine perspective (God’s view of everything) that makes possible the deepest affection for others, as well as ministry to them. This cultivates a heart of humility—one more concerned with God’s glory than our own, and more intent on serving others than ourselves.
The Bible says, “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness know through all generations.” (Psalm 89:1)
Choose to live out of the resurrection power of God, obeying the smallest instruction, and watch God bring dead things to life again. God is the author of your life and ONLY He has the final say. Appreciate your family and friends. More importantly, appreciate God with a heart of adoration. We have all we need in Jesus—through His life, death, and resurrection. He is the KING of kings, and the LORD of lords—and He is coming back again!
He is Risen indeed!
Dr. Deborah Starczewski
Speaker/Evangelist/Author
Author of:
A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days at the Mercy Seat)
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back to God?)
GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)….it’s about moving from drama to destiny.
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