“By his power, God raised the Lord from the dead! And he will raise us also!” ~ 1 Corinthians 6:14
The world demonstrates power by taking life. Our God demonstrates his eternal power by giving life. It takes divine power to raise the dead–the kind of power that produces deep faith and hope and joy.
The power that raised Jesus from the grave and gave him final authority over all things belongs to us. This power that defeats sin and death and Satan forever–we experience that power when we hear the Good News. Because it means there is nothing — NOTHING! — nothing bad, nothing wrong, nothing evil, nothing dark in your life that hasn’t already been overcome by God in Christ!
The Bible says our God “gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were” (Romans 4:17).
So, maybe the odds are stacked against you. Maybe you feel like an outsider. Maybe all the bad news in our world is driving you to despair. Maybe the bad news at work or at the doctor’s office is overwhelming. Maybe the bad news in our marriage or with your kids or your parents really is too much. Maybe the bad news of your past sins or the bad news of your current sins has you paralyzed. The odds might be against you.
Okay, let’s talk about bad news.
The bad news is that Pharaoh’s army is going to win at the Red Sea. The Egyptians were huge favorites that day; the over/under was three-million dead Hebrews. The bad news is that the little shepherd boy and his sling is no match for a trained warrior giant. The bad news is Peter cannot walk on water. The bad news is nobody’s ever escaped from a Philippian jail. The bad news is the world’s authorities crucified our Savior. The bad news is all dead people stay dead.
Thank God for the Good News of the resurrection of Jesus!
The declaration of the angels and the testimony of the witnesses is true: Jesus is alive! Jesus lives! That stone was rolled away, not so Jesus could get out, but so we could look in and see for ourselves, so the truth could be seen and proclaimed.
Our God gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were! He calls things that are wrong in your life right. He calls things that are broken in your family fixed. He calls things that are missing in your soul, the things that are lacking and lost, he calls them found and saved and overflowing with goodness and life!
“The one who belongs to God has no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” ~Psalm 112:7
Peace,
Allan
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