Living in Resurrection Power By Paul Blackham

Living in Resurrection Power By Paul Blackham Jesus Christ took on our messed-up human life, which belongs to this old dying age, and crucified it. He condemned our old corrupt life to death on the cross and then brought back from the dead a new kind of life that delights the Living God. The Apostle Paul had to re-value his life after he met the risen Lord. Everything that had seemed to be valuable turned out to be worthless, and the very things he had hated and attacked turned out to be worth more than the world. This careful revaluation of our lives is at the heart of living in the power of the resurrection of Jesus. If our old life is put to death, then nothing of this old life has eternal value. To be friends with this world is to be an enemy of God (James 4:4). The power of the resurrection lifts us from death to life, but this is precisely what causes us to be hated by the world. Yet, in being hated by the world, in treating as dung all that the flesh values, we are in deep fellowship with Jesus. If we want to know the power of Jesus’ resurrection, then we must first meet Him at the cross. The power of His resurrection came only after Jesus had experienced the suffering, rejection and death of the cross. That is the path that He walked, and we find ourselves close to Him when we walk that same path: from the cross to the empty tomb; from repentance and rejection to resurrection.   Today’s Prayer Heavenly Father, teach us each day what it truly means to walk in the power of the resurrection. Help us never forget the price Jesus paid for us and how that shapes us as His followers. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.