Sometimes we can think of the Lord Jesus’ resurrection as having just been an amazingly good thing for Him personally, but the Bible shows us that His victory over death directly affects the life, and the future, of everyone who places their faith in Him.
Peter, who of course met the risen Jesus, says that His resurrection secures for us ‘new birth,’ a new beginning; ‘a living hope,’ a hope about the future that is founded upon the solid foundation of Jesus’ conquering of death; and ‘an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade,’ which Peter goes onto say is the treasure we have laid up for us in Heaven. All of that comes to the believer in Jesus precisely because He rose from the dead.
And so can I encourage us all, as we see nature travel on its glorious journey from Winter, to Spring to Summer, to see, yes, the wonder of God’s Creation, but more – to see the greater, deeper, eternal reality that Jesus’ victory over death has secured for His people. And, as we do that, let’s join our hearts with Peter’s in those words of exultant worship ‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!’
‘Hope,’ as they say, really does ‘spring eternal’!
God bless,
David