Easter's Meaning

(I am deviating from my normal activity here, and I am writing an Easter devotional instead. I will not be posting next week.  Use this time to read some of my older posts.  The next post will be on or around March 31.  Have a blessing Easter.)

We are celebrating Easter in a few days. What does Easter mean to you, dear Christian reader? How does it relate to your life with its joys and struggles?

Easter means that the Lord Jesus came to this earth and lived a perfect life for you and me. He later died on the cross to pay the price for our sins, and then He arose again on the third day to prove that He had won over sin and death and Satan. If you and I have accepted his gift of salvation by repentance and faith, we are His child now and for eternity.

Easter also means that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, identifies with your pain and struggles in your life. He also identifies with the pain of your loved ones, dear reader. Having suffered the worst possible pain for us on the cross He is able to sympathize with our heartaches and weaknesses. He is also an all powerful Savior to whom we can freely go for grace in our moments of sadness and overwhelming and crushing needs.

In fact Hebrews chapter four verses fifteen and sixteen says “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

Because of Easter and Christ's sacrifice you can freely approach God the Father Himself with your and your loved one's needs, dear reader. You can cry out to Him for help and according to Romans chapter eight verse fifteen call Him your “Abba Father,” because He considers you His special child. Easter also means that when your heart is so weighed down with the heartaches and overwhelming circumstances of life that you do not even know how to pray, the Holy Spirit will intercede and pray for you!  

Easter means that although you will always face trials and troubles in this world, the Lord Jesus Christ has overcome the world.  He is also your source of peace even in the most challenging of times. (John 16:33)  Even in the overwhelming and unthinkable circumstances of life, when we do not understand God's ways in allowing certain things in our lives, God is working for our ultimate good. We are victors in Him! 

Dear Christian reader, my hope for you would be that when difficulties occur in your life you will slowly heal emotionally and spiritually through God's loving and healing hand. God will always be with you, and joy will return one day in even the overwhelming trials of life. His love for you will never fail. He proved that love for you on the cross. I also pray that you will find joy both in the pleasant times and in the difficult moments, because of the tremendous and eternal love the Lord has for you, That is the meaning of Easter for all of us.