Today Is Monday

 

On Good Friday we remembered that He died on the cross for our sin. He died not just for the sins we committed or the sins we will commit, but He died for the sin.

The original sin that day in the garden… when the world was flipped upside down and the curse of death was unleashed to wreak its havoc.

This inherit sin that is the root of all sins… it was for this sin that He went to the cross and when this sin’s debt was paid its cost was so great that its payment more than enough covered all the sins that came as a result of that one original sin.

Friday He died.

Friday He was mocked, beaten, betrayed, hated, denied, whispered about.

Saturday He was whispered about…

He was fought about…

He was cried over…

He was mourned…

He was doubted.

Sunday He was doubted, but He rose!

Sunday He rose from the grave because death could not hold Him.

Sunday He was shouted over,

He was worshiped,

He was praised,

He was doubted, but those who doubted now believed!

 

Friday He was denied and He died,

Saturday He was dead and doubted,

Sunday He was doubted but His deity was clearly declared as He stood before His disciples!

 

But today is Monday.

Today He is alive. He is the risen Christ. He is Jesus, the Son of God. He has died, never to die again. Now He extends His nail-scarred hand out to us all and says “Now it’s your turn. Will you die too? Will you die to your will and be raised in Mine?”

Today.

Will you die today?

Will you die trusting in His divine authority to see you raised from that death in eternal victory?

Will you die to your will and live today in total surrender to the One who calls out to you and says, “Come and follow Me“?

Today it’s your turn to die. Will you go to your knees in your garden of Gethsemane and lay your heart out before the Father and surrender your will no matter how hard that surrender will be? Today will you cry our, not my will but Your will be done?  

Just for today.

God doesn’t ask for your tomorrow.

God asks for your today.


Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. 

You are just a vapor that appears for a little while

and then vanishes away.

James 4:14

So what will you do with your today?

Will you choose to live today saying- Yes, Lord. Here I am…