Easter is coming!
In just a few days we will celebrate the very foundation of the Christian faith. We will celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Today and for the next few days I want to encourage you to focus on this Truth in history. This past week I have immersed myself in Luke 24. I have read this chapter many times before, but my heart was enlightened again with the truths from this passage.
Think about what went on in three days.
Jesus was arrested, tried, murdered and buried and three days later, He arose! Can you imagine having been there? Luke 24 recalls the account of His resurrection and the reactions of those who had the first encounters with Him.
One of the things that captured my heart this week was verse 32, when Jesus had been with two people on the road to Emmaus. And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”
Think about this. These two people were walking with Jesus after His resurrection. Once they realized they had been with Jesus, their hearts burned. They knew they had been with Christ.
When is the last time you felt that burn or stirring in your heart? I want to remind you that every time you read the Word of God, you are having that same encounter with the Living Christ. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1. The very Word of God, is God. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14. The two people that were with Jesus went to tell others they had been with Jesus and that He was alive.
As Christians, this is our challenge. We are to tell others about the living Christ and the redemption He offers. May your heart burn with that same desire.
HE IS ALIVE! HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY!
Fun Fact: This is the entrance to the tomb and inside the empty tomb. We took these pictures while we were in Israel. What an overwhelming feeling to have been in the place where Jesus walked out of the grave.