In some cultures with a Christiain heritage ordinary people would greet each other on this Easter Sunday with “The Lord is risen.” The response would be, “Indeed. The Lord is risen.”
This was a simple but friendly way of recognizing the absolute change that God has brought about in the world. The tragedy and evil of humankind has been defeated and overcome. The goodness of God now reigns among humanity.
Marvel and rejoice that God has completely overturn and throw down all evil and selfishness. God has come to change the selfish and evil ways that one group of people trample over and exploit another group of people.
The resurrection of Jesus happened on a specific night. It is the act of salvation that is not limited to a historical moment. Now, the resurrection must happen in us. Each believer must be a living encounter with the resurrected Jesus.
Jesus is God to the world. In the flesh, the teaching, the friendship, the healings and the prayer of Jesus we encounter God. Jesus is God in living flesh.
Now, the mystery of the resurrected Jesus must happen in us.
You have been chosen by God to be the living disciple of Jesus in this time and place.
Jesus revealed a humble God. The triumphal entry into Jerusalem was on a working animal; a donkey. God is truly one of us, but not among the rich and powerful who can dominate others, but a working human being riding a very ordinary donkey. Get in touch with the humility of God: a working person on a working animal.
He reached out to the poor and marginalized. It was often the people that society pushed aside that the ate with and brought healing to their pain and sufferings. Jesus was making a clear statement that God does not give attention to the powerful and the rich (i.e., get favours from them) but rather he brings friendship and recognition of the people are left behind.
Now, the resurrection of Jesus must happen in all of us. The Spirit of God is given to us to be the living presence, the living person , of Jesus in this world.
When you turn to God in prayer, that is the movement of the Spirit of God. When you give some of your time to the lonely and forgotten elderly, there is the presence of the risen Christ. When you help the newcomers to our country find their way around, there is the love of the risen Christ living among us.
Be a resurrected people. Pray that the resurrected Jesus come alive in your life.
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