“Praise be to God for what he has given,
which words have no power to say”
(2 Corinthians 9:15 BBE).
As we see and sense the warmth of God’s
love for us on this day as we realize the gift of love to us through the death
of Jesus Christ upon the cross and as we realize the victory we have because He
is risen. May our hearts be overwhelmed
with gratitude!
Let us be Thankful for God’s love being
poured out in the death of the Son. A Son, whose liberating life, death and
resurrection demolishes all sin, oppressions and every stronghold. It is an extravagant love that brings a
living hope to the hopeless and a love from which we cannot be separated. Can we give expression to this gift in words?
If we were to offer words about what we
have in Jesus Christ, we might use the words Longsuffering and liberating,
overcoming and overreaching, vulnerable and vigilant and extravagant and
eternal might be our best attempts to describe God’s love for us. Yet really,
all of our words are not adequate nor could even a myriad of words from a
myriad of angels express the love of God upon us in the gift of His Son. Rejoice in the gift of grace from our Lord
and Savior which is of such significance, power and sustenance; we are
incapable to fully describe or realize all we have been given.
As we realize the great victory we have
in the Risen Christ may we celebrate the salvation we have in Jesus Christ our
Lord from our countless sins. We
celebrate the victory we have over death in His resurrection from the
dead. We cannot give words to what we
have to celebrate on this glorious day of new life and promise. We long in our hearts for the new heaven
where God will wipe away every tear from our eyes and there will be no more
death, sorrow, crying and no more pain.
In His glorious presence in heaven, He will make all things new and we
will inherit all things as His children forever. This place where we will dwell
with Him is beyond our capacities to imagine or comprehend. We give all praise to you Jesus, the King of
Kings and our precious Lord and Savior.
Come to us now, Lord Jesus, come.
“‘Where,
O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ The sting of death is
sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:55-57, NIV)
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