Water.
Word. My life of death.
I
wake up in the morning, supposed to kill myself. Daily dying, I’m already dead-
I’ve
been drowned in the font, my robes soaked red. What does that mean- already dead?
I barely wake up, and sin is in my head. I can’t understand death, or even life, until I look to the death and resurrection of Christ. He died on a cross, on a blood-stained tree, hung lifeless, murdered brutally.
People thought futilely He was done, they put him in the ground, thought they had won.
But they didn’t realize what they actually won.
Jesus came back to life- that’s what they won.
Life.
In Christ. The one who died but lives.
The
price of death was paid, and the power of God was proven. Now he gives Resurrection life to us- He daily forgives. In addition to that he kills, puts my sin to death on the cross along with Him. And he does it again and again.
See,
we have a God who is God of the living. Death doesn’t stop Him, He keeps on
giving life,
and
new life, it’s a daily thing. Every day that we’re drowned- another day raised.
We have the power of Christ- God be praised for working resurrection in us-
A life of grace and peace, and righteousness.
The life we live- it’s Christ in us.
No
longer a slave to sin and evil, Jesus made us His siblings- He made us His
equal. Brothers and sisters, washed clean, through water and Word, he gave us
everything we didn’t deserve.
We’ve
got a daily struggle with death and life, waking up every morning to brokenness
and lies. But I’ve got a choice every morning, before getting out of bed; will
I hear God’s voice this morning? Will I fall down dead? Will Christ’s life be
my life this morning? Will I hear what God said? Romans 6-
“We
were buried with Jesus by baptism into death,
So
that we can be raised with him out of that death,
By
the glory of the Father we’ve been given new Breath.
Baptism- Jesus gives
us resurrection life and does away with our death."
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