Today is Resurrection Sunday, and so I had to say a small something, although it was far from a small something that Jesus did for us two thousand years ago.
I love chocolate, but it is not chocolate that puts a smile on my face today. It is knowing that I smile because I am a new creation, and I am this new creation because of Jesus. It is because the Father knew from the very foundation of the world that one day His Son would be hanging on a tree for me. Of course, not just me, but for you, too!
As parents we know what it is like to have a heavy heart when it comes to our children. When something is just not right we have a burden within us to see it right. I can’t begin to even imagine what it felt like for the Father to know that one day He would be turning away from His Son. A Son without sin, but the One who would take on sin for all mankind.
I grew up being taught that the Trinity exists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. A triune God, three in one, and yet individual. It was the concept of this oneness that, although not easy to comprehend, became a natural part of my belief in God. For this reason, I was always grieved by the imagery of the Father having to forsake the Son when He became our sin, a price that only He could pay. A reparation that the Father demanded must be paid in order for atonement to take place.
I am grateful that I have been reconciled back to my heavenly Father, and yet I know that I can’t assume to understand the sacrifice that was made on my behalf. For my part, I must just praise God that I have been raised from the dead, that my old life is gone, and that I am the new creation that God always knew that I would become. Thank You, Father, Jesus, and precious Holy Spirit!
John 11:25 NKJV Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
1 Peter 1:3-4 CSB Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.