Jesus, the reality of Easter!

This is Easter week and Sunday is a worldwide celebration honoring the sacrifice made by Jesus. Easter is not about emotions. It is about your response to the sacrifice of Jesus.

As a believer, we have been crucified with Christ and our life is a microcosm of God. We no longer have ownership over our future.

Jesus will determine how you will be a living sacrifice following in His footsteps. Your only response is to walk by faith with obedience to God.

The Holy Spirit spoke to me last night about the concept of God. He used the illustration of a figurehead compared to the Living Christ.

The figurehead is a nominal leader without real power.

The Living Christ has power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

Easter will never be relevant until you encounter the Living Christ. And, this will only happen when you give up self-control of your life.

This truth must be engraved in your heart; “Not my will but Yours be done.” This is a decision of the heart. Your intellect will never make this decision.

The goal is to walk in oneness with Jesus yielding to the authority of the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Jesus dwelling in all believers and is your link to the heart of the Living Christ.

It is impossible to achieve this goal unless you have experiential knowledge without doubt about the sovereignty of Jesus. Abraham heard the voice of God and promptly responded with obedience. He was fully engaged with the Living God. Abraham believed God has power and dominion over the heavens and earth.

If you really accept Jesus for who He is then it becomes relatively simple to obey Him. How can you dispute our God who can shake the earth, change the sun into darkness and raise people from death to live with Him forever?

God wants your obedience to His voice. He speaks and we are instructed to obey Him without compromise or debate. If you start to question God you will not obey Him. You will be a traitor to the purposes of God.

The Christ follower is willing to lay down his life for Jesus. He lives in a pensive relationship with God and is fully engaged in worshiping Jesus in Spirit and Truth.

Easter is honoring the sacrifice of Jesus and is a reminder to zealously seek His will for your life. Easter is accepting the truth you are a sacrifice for Jesus and this sacrifice will be lived out in your life according to the purposes of God.

The upside of Easter is the ability to live in the resurrected power of Jesus. Have an awesome Easter!