For at least a week, from Palm Sunday to Easter, most followers of Christ have focused, or tried to focus on the events of the week of the Passion. For those who celebrate Lent, this focus has lasted about 40 days.
During this time of year, we reflect on what Christ’s life means to us. We pause on Good Friday and think about the depth of our sin and the tremendous amount of suffering our Lord had to go through on our behalf. We cringe when we think about the nails, the cross—the blood.
Some of us feel depressed on Saturday because we can empathize with what a dark day that must have been for the disciples and for the entire world as the Savior of all mankind lay lifeless in a dark tomb.
On Sunday we celebrate the defeat of sin and death for all of eternity. We rejoice that the tomb is empty and we worship our great God who orchestrated it all out of His love for His people.
Today, we return to our lives. But will we do so with the knowledge that our Christ is risen? Will we remember that He is flesh and blood— a concrete Messiah? Or will we return to the sin that grips us, thinking of Him only as a spirit, an “eye in the sky” that sees all we do, but isn’t affected by it? Will what we felt this week impact our relationship with Christ in the coming week?
I’d like to think I’ll take the reality of the resurrection into my week and into the rest of my life. But I know from past experience, that I’ll forget the One I serve and wander away too frequently.