Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” (Rom. 6:4)
Following Sunday School and worship on Easter a family was on its way home in the car. The son was looking at his Sunday School lesson, My Easter Faith. As boys are apt to do sometimes, he folded the lesson into a paper airplane and rolled down the back window to test his creation. There was a sudden gust of wind that snatched the paper from his hands. He shouted, “Dad, My Easter Faith just went out the window.”
Where is your Easter faith as you read this? The church was beautifully decorated, the hymns lifted our spirits and the sermon let us know that Our Redeemer lives. But what about the days and weeks after Easter? There are strong impulses to draw our Easter faith out the window. We don’t want it just blowing away in the wind.
Through our Baptism into Christ’s death and resurrection we have died to the old life of our sin and we are made alive in Christ Jesus. The Holy Spirit teaches us that resurrection power can be used in daily faithful living. The Lord wants us to know Him and the power of His resurrection for all the days of our lives.
Ever faithful God and Father, let not Satan snatch our Easter faith from us. Help us overcome the evil one with resurrection power.
In Christ,
Pastor