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“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life” (Romans 6:4, NIV).
Every year, Easter comes and goes in a few weeks. The beloved Easter Bunny has visited, the outrageous price for chocolate eggs has been reduced to 90%, and life quickly returns to “normal”. Within days, the day is forgotten, just like all other holiday celebrations. But what if Easter—what if the transformation of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection was meant to challenge us to something greater? Eternal? Lasting? What if living the resurrection life wasn’t a temporary moment forgotten with the holidays, but a calling for us all?
So what does it mean to live in this resurrection life? And what does this look like practically?
Living the resurrection life means allowing Jesus’ sacrifice to transform how we live daily. It’s not just believing that Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected from the dead; it’s allowing those truths to transform and change everything (because it does). From the inside out, we must believe that we’re new creations created in the image of Christ Jesus. The old is dead, and the new has come, but the way we live should reflect this.
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 says it this way: “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here” (NIV)!
Those who live in the resurrection life have hope even when times are tough. This doesn’t mean they ignore their problems here on earth or act like things are rainbows and sunshine when they aren’t. No, this lifestyle looks like humbly acknowledging your struggles before the Lord, while simultaneously resting in the peace of His presence and promised eternity. Because of Jesus, sin and death no longer have the final say—He does.
