How quickly we’ve made it to
Saturday of Holy Week. Hopefully, the weather where you are is just as beautiful
as it is here in Tennessee. It’s been brilliantly clear with highs in the 60’s
over the past few days. Hard to argue with that this time of year.
I’ve
really been enjoying all of the writing I’ve been able to do this week, and it
is my sincere prayer that my readers are able to glean a little something from
each of my posts. I pray that God will give me the wisdom to write the things
that people need to hear in the current time. I’ve had quite a few posts this
week. If you’ve missed some of them, now is a great time to catch up.
Palm Sunday: Some reflections of
Jesus’s entrance into the city of Jerusalem.
Life as a Christian: Some
thoughts on how my life has changed since reverting to the practice of my
Christian faith about three years ago.
Holy Thursday: The shepherd
becomes the lamb so that His sheep may have eternal life.
Good Friday: A short poem I wrote
about the trek to Calvary.
Good
Friday has now come and gone. The once and for all spotless sacrifice has been
offered and the veil of the temple torn in two. There is now only one more
sleep until we wake up and experience the glorious resurrection of Christ. Even
though we’ve experienced Easter Sunday numerous times before, I hope you still
long to celebrate like it’s your first Easter as a Christian. This miraculous
rising from the dead should never become old and stale but should remain fresh
and invigorating.
So,
what do we do now? We wait, of course. We wait for the glorious resurrection of
our Lord and Savior. Holy Saturday is a
day filled with eagerness and anticipation of what we know is coming. We await the chance to proclaim, “Alleluia!
Christ, the Lord is risen today”. I
think this waiting is so good for our Christian souls at it exposes the longing
we have for our resurrected Savior. It exposes the desire to be filled with
hope of eternal life. All of this is great and much needed!
But
do we also remember that Christ will be coming again one day? We profess in the
Apostle’s Creed that He will come again on the last day to judge the living and
the dead and His kingdom will have no end. Do we anticipate the second coming
with the same gusto with which we anticipate the resurrection? Do we live each
day in eager anticipation of the day in which Christ will return and establish
the New Heavens and the New Earth. If we are being brutally honest, the answer
for most of us (myself included) is no. Sure, we know that the second coming will
be nothing short of astonishing, but we certainly don’t long for it as much as
we’d like to think we do.
So,
I want to issue a challenge to all of us today (again, myself included). I
challenge all of us to approach each day with the same anticipation as Holy Saturday
when we are looking ahead to Easter Sunday.
Let’s be bold in sharing the message of the Gospel as if everyone’s life
depends on it (it does!). Let’s be
confident in proclaiming that we are only wretched sinners saved by Grace
alone. Let’s be effusive in our praise for the God that is the author and
perfector of our faith. Let us continually be anticipating the day in which we
will reign with him forever and ever. For
it is the resurrection of Easter Sunday which affords us the chance to one day
rule with Him upon His glorious return.
In Christ,
Kendal May
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