Resurrection Power
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This is my entry for the Carnival of Beauty. Since I'm new to the world of blogging, I don't know how to insert the cool Carnival of Beauty button. Hey, I figured it out! Go see Lindsey at justenjoythejourney.blogspot.com for more wonderful entries.
Life with four children means that all the meaningful reflection on the death and resurrection of Jesus that I would like to do gets compressed by gifts and new dresses and eggs --hunting them, playing with them, dying them. As well as by the ordinary lessons, meetings, homeschooling, playing, and arguing of everyday life.
But the Resurrection is the most important thing in the life of believers. Sometimes I only think of the resurrection in terms of the future -- when I die I will go to live in Heaven. But the Resurrection is for now. For every day. For every hour. For every breath. Paul writes in Phil. 3:10, "I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection." He prays for the Ephesian believers to know "His incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of His mighty strength which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead" (Eph. 19-20).
In Col. 1:29 Paul says, "To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy (or power), which so powerfully works in me." God wants to empower us with His resurrection power! Not just for the "big" things. Not just for the "church" things. For everything! God wants to give me His Resurrection power to be patient with my children. God wants to fill me with His Resurrection power to organize my home. God wants to empower me with His Resurrection power for whatever I do.
Isn't it great to know we have the same power that raised Christ Jesus from the dead at work in us! No matter how hard the task, no matter how seemingly insurmountable the obstacle, if God has called us to do something, He gives us His Resurrection power to accomplish it. God used that power to lift me out of the pit I had tried to climb out of by myself for years. For that I am especially grateful this Easter season.
6 comments:
It is soooooo cool to see His Resurrection Power at work in you. There is nothing like the powerful movement of God in our lives. Even in the small things. Praise God for you...Jack
Hello and good to see another carnival contributor! That was good for me to read today- having a rather bad one and wondering how I will keep coping with my toddler and bad morning/all day sickness....which unlike everyone tells you, does not go away after week 12!
I hope you have a loveyl easter time and get a quiet space for that reflection.
I love this! I especially agreed with an out loud "YES" when you said the resurrection power is not only for big, church things...but so much more importantly for the day to day kingdom stuff of laundry and schooling. This is how I try to focus to keep my head up, and reading your words today certainly helped with that focus. Thanks!
AMEN!! That was wonderful and oh soooo true! Thanks so much:)
Susanna, Barbara, and Blair,
Thank you for your wonderful comments! Since I've only been blogging for a couple of weeks, you ladies are my first commenters (except for my husband, Jack, of course!). Thank you for stopping by and I hope you visit again.
I just happened to find this while I was doing a google search for Resurrection Power. I love what you said and just wanted to encourage you with that. Thank the Lord for His Resurrection Power and the fact that we can use it in every day life!
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