Sometimes it seems like you are a million miles away from Jesus.  It’s as if He’s doing big business on the other side of the world in Africa, India, and China.  Your small concerns seem trivial in the big scheme of our Savior’s strategy.  As in the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25), your Master has left you to faithfully manage His stuff while He has gone away.  However, you grow impatient, bored; even faint-hearted from fear and/or fatigue.  You wonder if faithfulness to your heavenly Father is really worth the effort; and you question the cause and your calling.  It was exciting when you first started on this journey of faith, but now it is unfocused and uncertain.  You may become melancholy or depressed. 

 

 

When I came to Christ, no one warned me that desires for the things of the world could tug so strongly on my heart.  I had no idea that I would sometimes be tempted to worship many other things and stray from the only One Who was worthy of all of my praise.  And no one told me how God would relentlessly chase me in spite of my fickle affections for Him. 

 

Why is it that the Easter bunny and egg hunts seem to be more exciting than news about Christ’s death and resurrection? Maybe it’s because we simply haven’t grasped the significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

The resurrection of Jesus is the greatest feat in the annals of human history. It is the very capstone in the arch of Christianity; without it, all else crumbles. When we fully comprehend the significance of the resurrection, our lives will be revolutionized. Without the resurrection, there is no hope. Indeed, without the resurrection, there would be no Christianity.