Sugar Overload
Easter Sunday was fantastic at FBC. Great worship, great crowd and most of all a GREAT GOD!!! After the service, I joined my family for a lunch hosted by Bill and Karen. The food was outstanding with chicken and dressing and all the trimmings. It was more like a Thanksgiving meal than an Easter meal. Then there were the desserts. There were enough sweets to feed an army on the dessert table. By the time I got my piece of Peanut Butter Pie, within one hour I was ready for a long Easter nap.
Easter is an amazing day we have on our calendar. A Christian holiday to commemorate and celebrate the Risen Savior…. Jesus Christ! Churches are more full than usual; people are more excited than usual; and there is a great amount of joy amongst everyone on Easter. But after Easter Sunday there can be a little bit of a letdown it seems. It’s almost like coming off of a sugar high. But unfortunately, it is an attitude that leads us back down the common path instead of the resurrection path. Simon Peter is a perfect example of this attitude. After the experience he had of that first ever Easter weekend he had some soul searching to do. Eventually Simon Peter, still ridden with guilt from letting Jesus down before the cross, makes a business decision. “Simon Peer said to the disciples, “I am going fishing” John 21:3. It was the disciples way of saying, I am going back to my comfort zone!
Following Jesus is never done out of comfort or convenience. To Follow Jesus one must do so out of conviction. Conviction of our sins and the penalty paid for them. Conviction out of our love for the one who died in our place. Conviction that we believe Jesus is the Risen Son of God. To put it simply, our conviction about Easter must be greater than our comfort in our fishing boat. The old ways of comfort are nothing compared to newness of life in Christ Jesus.
There seems to be a trend that we have a natural letdown after Easter Sunday. But more than ever we need to wake up. Surround yourselves with other believers and encourage one another. Stay in the Word of God and continue to sing song of praise to Him. The Psalmist said it like this:
“O my soul, bless God.
From head to toe, I’ll bless his holy name!
O my soul, bless God,
don’t forget a single blessing!” Psalm 103:1-2 (message version)
Sometimes we forget Easter too quickly. We celebrate Him for a week, and we forget Him gradually for months to come. May it not be that way this year! The more you and I embrace the Risen Savior the more Easter brings joy to our soul. Don’t take a spiritual nap in the next few days but instead celebrate the new life Christ has given you. And as the psalmist says, “don’t forget a single blessing!”
Easter is an amazing day we have on our calendar. A Christian holiday to commemorate and celebrate the Risen Savior…. Jesus Christ! Churches are more full than usual; people are more excited than usual; and there is a great amount of joy amongst everyone on Easter. But after Easter Sunday there can be a little bit of a letdown it seems. It’s almost like coming off of a sugar high. But unfortunately, it is an attitude that leads us back down the common path instead of the resurrection path. Simon Peter is a perfect example of this attitude. After the experience he had of that first ever Easter weekend he had some soul searching to do. Eventually Simon Peter, still ridden with guilt from letting Jesus down before the cross, makes a business decision. “Simon Peer said to the disciples, “I am going fishing” John 21:3. It was the disciples way of saying, I am going back to my comfort zone!
Following Jesus is never done out of comfort or convenience. To Follow Jesus one must do so out of conviction. Conviction of our sins and the penalty paid for them. Conviction out of our love for the one who died in our place. Conviction that we believe Jesus is the Risen Son of God. To put it simply, our conviction about Easter must be greater than our comfort in our fishing boat. The old ways of comfort are nothing compared to newness of life in Christ Jesus.
There seems to be a trend that we have a natural letdown after Easter Sunday. But more than ever we need to wake up. Surround yourselves with other believers and encourage one another. Stay in the Word of God and continue to sing song of praise to Him. The Psalmist said it like this:
“O my soul, bless God.
From head to toe, I’ll bless his holy name!
O my soul, bless God,
don’t forget a single blessing!” Psalm 103:1-2 (message version)
Sometimes we forget Easter too quickly. We celebrate Him for a week, and we forget Him gradually for months to come. May it not be that way this year! The more you and I embrace the Risen Savior the more Easter brings joy to our soul. Don’t take a spiritual nap in the next few days but instead celebrate the new life Christ has given you. And as the psalmist says, “don’t forget a single blessing!”
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