Heard a song recently that always puts me in a good mood. It's a remake of the old hymn, O Happy Day. Here are a few lines...
Greatest day in history/Death is beaten you have rescued me/Sing it out, Jesus is alive
The empty cross, the empty grave/Life eternal, you have won the day/Shout it out, Jesus is Alive/He's alive!
And O, Happy day, happy day, you washed my sin away
O, Happy day, happy day, I'll never be the same...
Death is beaten...You have won the day...Jesus is alive!
That changes everything doesn't it? It doesn't matter what else is going on, what else has happened, or could happen or didn't happen...Jesus is alive. That means you are no longer defined by your mistakes or your failures. Death doesn't have the final word anymore. No amount of loss or regret or suffering or hardship is beyond the reach of redemption and resurrection in Christ.
Forgiveness. Rebirth. Hope.The Apostle Paul put it this way.
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. 1 Corinth. 15:54-58
O, happy day!
-Ben
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