Resurrection Power

 1 Corinthians 1:18 – (NKJV) –“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

      Yesterday my son Steven and I attended a vibrant and inspiring Easter service where the hallmark of the message was about our life after the ‘resurrection’.  Pastor Rowena Silvera-Beck reminded the congregation that the true power of God’s plan lies in what we do after we allow Christ to ‘rise’ in our lives.  It is not enough to just go through the hoopla of ‘passion week’ with the ceremony of entering into the newness of a situation like Christ rode into the Jerusalem.  It is not enough to mourn the death of things that need to be sacrificed as Christ proved to be a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable for our livelihood.  It is not enough to just rejoice as we see the new light of day as the stones of captivity are rolled away from imprisoning us.  What is really important is what we do now that we are free to make the most of that for which Christ sacrificed his life. 

     After his resurrection for the forty days before his final ascension, Christ appeared to his disciples and many within the region.  He appeared to mourning women who wanted to prepare this body for proper burial; he appeared and cooked breakfast for his followers who had returned to the sea; he appeared to men on a dusty winding road walking and talking about him.  Christ shows up in our lives daily and the Holy Spirit is with us always. Use the next 40 days of power to garner the best that God has to offer.  Speak with authority to those things that need to manifest themselves in your life and rebuke those issues that need to finally die.  This is the time of power!.  Use it to God’s glory.

     Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a Victoriously GREAT day!  Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn