He is risen indeed! That was the cry yesterday. The last 40 plus days have been leading up to yesterday – Easter Sunday. We spent last week remembering the tremendous sacrifice that Jesus made for each of us – the rejection, the beating and the death. But the most important part of the Easter event is not the actions leading up to the day. The most important reality of Easter is that Jesus didn’t stay dead. He defeated death and rose again.
So often, we tend to leave Jesus in the grave. We remember his sacrifice and we examine ourselves in light of that sacrifice, but we often leave with a sense of humble gratitude and that’s it. Honestly, that is a part of what God wants us to experience. But if we stop there, we miss the point.
Jesus is alive and well today. Does that reality make a difference in the way you go about your day? Or does your life reflect the assumption that Jesus is still in the grave?
He is risen! May we live like we believe that today!
Clay in the Hands 
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