Life. It's exciting, distorted, fascinating, complex, and very important. We live in its center. We breathe it, hold it, spend it, and promote it.
Minds are bombarded with variables which are terrific options for some while serving as detrimental distractions for others. Simply put, much of life is spent avoiding the inevitability of death. We know of it, experience it for others, and believe it. Yet, we are consistently looking the other way.
God is most sympathetic to our resistance to death. He never intended for this to be imposed upon His creation. He did not give this devastation to mankind a holy shrug. Rather He took action and did something about it.
Father sent Son to replace the hell we were destined to experience. Jesus experienced it for us. We won't go because he did.
And...there's more. After Jesus paid the price on the cross (beaten to a pulp because of guys like me), he was left in a tomb to rot. But...he didn't stay.
That Jesus didn't stay in the grave is our signal that more than this life is still on its way. If that grave were to possess a dead body of the Son of God, we would be able to scream hoax. When the body of Jesus was gone and he returned to interact with his colleagues, we can still call out, "Thank you!"..
Life is about the empty grave. Give Romans 4:17-25 a glance; so powerful.
God gives us such strong hope that He has the skill to call into being things that don't even exist and can give life to the dead. This is only and wonderfully through the avenue of faith.
Faith doesn't go with the religious flow. It believes the radical. It bears creative power that causes wild moves to break the mold of managerial control. Faith goes against the grain of routine human expectation.
Breaking into the world of God legitimacy among us is to break out of the grave due to a new kind of life...fueled by faith. Authentic hope...it's all about the empty grave.
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