I have been made alive!....wait a minute does that mean that I was born dead? "Even when we were dead in our transgressions, [He] made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:5)"
Why shall I educate myself to know all the current and past issues of our country? Teach me to know why we are arguing and spending and dying for a freedom I thought was already mine. Why should I learn the names of politicians and the ebbs and flows of economic conditions? Should I go to school to study the issues and the wars and the failures of the past hoping to use that as my foundation for changing the world? Why?
If I spend half my life studying the problem, when will I learn of the solution? I see the wisdom in understanding our history in order to not repeat the same downfalls, but we are developing a nation who has so carefully deconstructed and analyzed every problem. We know the ins and the outs of all our failures. We know what systems don't work and why. We have P.H.D's in all the world's issues...but what about the inspiration that comes from the solution?
It's hard to find that drive, that spark, that vision of an actual solution that could change our lives. Mostly because we've glorified our problems so much that we can't grasp an actual solution. In my heart I know that it begins with inspiration and encouragement and the passion to trust that all things are possible to him who actually does believe. If I could give you one piece of wisdom it would be to believe again in Him who has risen. Though today would mark the day where all hope was lost. I mean historically yesterday the Savior died and was still dead the second day waiting in the grave. What had the disciples to hope for? All that they put their hope in was completely gone, totally dead!! Could this describe the state of our hearts in a nation turned upside down by it's current condition? How long will we let our hearts remain dead, asleep, unshaken, and numb to a solution? That second day was and is a reality in history and in the present day. Jesus died and he remained dead. So how are you going to live today? Will you let your hope remain dead, your hearts frozen cold, and your life falling further
into the grave you've prepared for yourself? Will you pass on beyond Easter celebrations of eating chocolate filled eggs, chasing a distraction as the fictional Easter bunny (whom we teach our children is more real than Jesus himself) hops by filling our baskets with fleeting treasures; letting marshmallow peeps stain your teeth yellow and pink? Will you think of what really happened on Easter and let it resurrect your own heart and dreams seeing that the solution never died! It was just tested and tried, beaten and bruised, mocked and crucified! You see the solution can never die, even in the grave Jesus was and is the only one who can save. Rearranging the problems will never change the answer. The solution remains the same, regardless of how much you test it, recheck it, edit it and reevaluate or even disengage your brain hoping to come upon another answer. Four will always be the answer to the equation of two plus two as Jesus will always be the answer to a broken and dying humanity. There's only one sure way to to awaken your heart, your hopes, our nation, our world. I hope Easter reminds you of the solution we've neglected to recognize. Jesus rose again and so will those who surrender and let Him in. I thank God that I am made alive through Him.
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