Jeremiah 21.1‐10 ~ Jérémie 21.1-10
Psalm 73 ~ Psaumes 73
Hebrews 11.17‐31~ Hébreux 11.17-31
Step into the light
Lazarus’s resurrection is a declaration of God’s ultimate power over matters
of life and death and of the placing of that power in Jesus’ hands. Jesus did
not exercise such power lightly, and never for his own glory.
This passage tells us that the power of the resurrection is not merely for some
distant, or not so distant, future, it is not just “pie in the sky”; the power of
the resurrection is in us now, today! When we commit our lives to discipleship, to Jesus,
the power of the resurrection becomes part of who we are and we can no longer live as if
death were the end. Before we give ourselves to discipleship, we live in the tomb, in darkness
and death. When we respond to Jesus’ call, we step into the light, our grave cloths are
peeled away and we enter the newness of life as liberated and liberating people.
But, the daily process of working out our salvation is hard; we are caught between
two ways of being: the present age full of strife and confusion and the age of light to come. Our
kingdom is in heaven, but we still live here in this world. People of two worlds we respond to God’s
call to us in Jesus and we step into the light. We can never look at the world in the same way again.
Ann Wycherley
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