Lord's Day Devotion - Power of His Resurrection

 Father God, thank You for all Your blessings on us Your children through Jesus.  His suffering, death and resurrection brought these to us through our faith in Him.  Now we wait to get to know Him and the power of His resurrection.

When we read about "the power of His resurrection" we really can't comprehend this well.   We just have to go back and read the incidents in the Bible and just have to say, "How great Thou art!"

Thinking of Jesus' resurrection.  He raised up Himself.  At the time 500 others were raised.  That must have been a shock to the relatives.  To Jesus, Himself it wasn't a shock or surprize.  His disciples were pretty sacred at first before the joy of His life hit them, "He's alive!"

The Old Testament incidents as well as the other New Testament ones all point us to this power of resurrection being really real.  We ourselves look forward to this power to resurrect us should we pass away before the Rapture happens.  It give us hope and peace of mind that we will go to be with him for all eternity and we won't be left behind in nothingness or terrorizing tribulation.

It takes earthly doctors a lot to resuscitate folks with their medical equipment.  Sometimes taking up to an hour or so in the most desparate of cases.  One word from Jesus and the damsel arose; the widow's son sat up on his way to the cemetary, and Lazarus who'd already been dead and buried for four days, all rose again from the dead.  It only took Jesus a couple of words to do so.  In this we see small glimpses of that power of resurrection and we give You our thanks.

We will share in this.  We're not so keen on the suffering and death part, of course, but these are part of our human feebleness and of our faith in Jesus.  Yet You hold out this scepter of resurrection power to buoy our faith and thankfulness in You.  We want to know it more.

As we partake of the broken bread and drink of the cup of wine, symbols of Jesus' own death and resurrection, we give you our grateful thanks, this Lord's Day.  Only in Jesus' can we know you and Your power.

In Jesus' name we give you praise.

Amen.

                                                     ~ ERC  April 2025 ~

Based on Philippians 3:10-11 (ESV).

Sing, How Great Thou Art, along with Chris Rice and Up from the Grave He Arose, along with Islington Baptist Church.