APPLIED EASTER

Admittedly one of the struggles of being a preacher is to preach on something that is a yearly menu- like Easter. It's not much that we dont believe in the resurrection. Easter is the central message of Chritianity, anybody who can produce the body of the the Jew on that cross can successfully powder Christianity to miserable pieces. My struggle is not about the veracity or theolology of Easter. I seem to lack words or appreciation on seeing it applied to my life and perhaps to many like me.

How does it give hope to the patient I visited in room 221 at the Davao Doctors hospital this morning? Personally, how does the message of easter apply to my bleeding heart for months now? A dark tunnel only the Lord knows if there is really light at the end of it. How can the message of easter rescue cynicism? Sounds like heresy? I think its sounds like honesty to me. i still have couple of hours before sunday, before I stand to a waiting congregation and preach a message of hope. Lord i need Your help!

Paul wrote to the believers in Colosse "Since you have been risen with Christ..." to me this is a dynamic message of easter. The Applied Easter, it's not even about removing our earthly woes. it's about the person of Christ Himself who is alive! it's about the journey of the new life that Jesus gives to those who put their hope in him. it's about knowing the person of easter and the power of His resurrection. Am i raising hope to the point of a fatal dissapointment? No, it's pointing all of us to the Risen Lord who is alive to walk with us. Yes the risen Lord will walk us through. From the patient on room 221 and to my dark tunnel and helpless cynicism, easter brings us to Christ Himself. And I want to believe it's all we need! HAPPY APPLIED EASTER TO ALL!