How many of us live balanced lives? Most of us are overstretched, overcommitted, overworked, overstressed, and overcome with life’s worries, cares, wants, and to-do lists. We are so busy that we are living in bondage to things we think we have to have or do rather than living a life of freedom in Christ. Wouldn’t it feel good to breathe out and just live?
On this Easter we would do well to listen to Romans 6: 3-6. “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and that we might no longer be enslaved to sin.”
Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection bring into question our pace of life. Why are we so enslaved to things we think we have to have or do? Hasn’t God given us this life, and aren’t we responsible to God for how we live it? We live for an Audience of One, not many. Jesus lived out the freedom God gives us. He refused to be restricted by the lesser expectations placed on him, and the religious establishment had him crucified. But God raised him from death, vindicating his way of life and the truth of his message. Today we celebrate not just his victory over death, but the possibility of our walking in newness of life with him. -DJ
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