Jesus won’t mean much to you until you are able to speak about Him in a personal way. It’s one thing to say, “This is Easter weekend.” It’s another thing altogether to say, “Jesus died for me, and rose again for my eternal salvation.” So are Good Friday and Easter personal for you, or not so much?
Good Friday doesn’t become good for you until you understand it, and believe it, and allow your soul to find rest in it. Easter does nothing for you until you personally rise up in faith and leave the grave clothes of sin and death back in the tomb. When you get out of bed this Sunday, will it be the beginning of a new life for you? Or just the beginning of an ordinary day on an average weekend in March? It can become very personal for you if you want it to be.
Are Good Friday and Easter inside you yet, or are they just religious celebrations that show up on your calendar once a year? These events get inside you when you embrace them through faith. This miracle happens as you come to the cross and repent of your sin, and trust Christ to forgive you. That’s how it gets inside you, and more importantly, how Jesus comes to live inside you. I would say that is pretty personal. Wouldn’t you?
Christianity was never meant to simply fill a church calendar with special events during the year. Instead, it is about a relationship with the Lord. For God, it was very personal. The Father gave His Son. The Son gave His life. The Holy Spirit gives us the new birth. It’s all very personal for God. Is it personal for you, or not so much?
Have you been watching the mini-series about the Bible on the History channel this month? I hope so. But more importantly, I hope the message of God’s Word thrills your soul. I hope it consumes you. I hope it drives everything you do in life. That is what happens when a person follows Jesus. He becomes your all in all. He becomes your everything. Sure there are still many other people and activities in your life. But as a Christian, everything you do revolves around your personal relationship with Christ.
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article courtesy of TheChristianPost.com
