resurrection life

acts 9:1-9

when we encounter

the risen Jesus

lives are halted

agendas are dropped

plans are abandoned

missions are received

and lives are changed

starting with our own

wait to soar

But those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)

It is only by waiting for the Lord that we learn to soar.  For on our own, all we can do is toil and labor and grow weary.  Soaring requires his breath and his strength, not our own.  For our strength will eventually give out, but not his.  He never gets tired or weary and his strength never fails.  So wait for the Lord and let him empower you to heights and depths you never imagined.  That is his invitation to you today.

 

scars

After this, he showed them his hands and side.  The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. (John 20:20) 

Every scar has a story.  So it’s not the scar itself that holds the healing power, but the story behind it.  The problem is that for many of us we carry the scar but have not completed the story.  We’re just stuck in the pain.  We haven’t been good stewards of our wounds.  For until there is healing, there is no real value in the scar.  It has no healing quality to it.  So we must be good stewards of our pain.  We must let God do his work in us through it.  We must begin to understand the story behind our wounds and our scars, or they will never be of value to anyone, including ourselves.

Touch me and heal me, Lord Jesus.  Bring me to life and raise me from the dead.  Help me show others how you have raised me, healed me, and made me whole.  Make my risen wounds a source of life and hope and healing to others.