Resurrection

G. Campbell Morgan tells a story of him finding the grave of a man who died centuries before him. Apparantly, the man buried in the grave was not a Christian, but he was afraid that Christianity was true. Therefore, the buried man paid, at great expense, for a ginormous concrete slab to be placed over his grave just in case that “resurrection from the dead” thing turned out to be true. He also paid for writing to be put all over the concrete slab saying “do not disturb”, “I don’t want to be raised form the dead”, “I don’t believe in Christianity”. As it turned out, however, when the man was buried an acorn had fallen into the grave, so when G. Campbell Morgan arrived at the grave a hundred or so years later there stood a huge oak tree which had shattered the once impressive slab of concrete to pieces. G. Campbell Morgan wrote in his journal “if an acorn, which contains the power of biological life within it, can split a slab of that magnitude, what can the acorn of God’s resurrection power do in a person’s life?” This is the question I pose to you. The gospel of Christianity is not about turning morally bad people into morally good people, it’s about turning dead people into living people, and when the resurrection power of Jesus enters into a person’s heart there is, over time, transformation and change, a new love, longing and desire for Jesus. A deepening relationship and knowledge of the living God is the heart of Christianity. As Paul puts it “I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead”. (Phil 3:10, NLT). If you have this resurrection life dwelling inside of you, I am praying that 2020 might be a year of growth in holiness and intimacy with the Lord. If you’re not a Christian I invite you to open up your heart to the mighty power that raised Jesus from the dead and allow Christ to work in your heart and life. Every blessing in Christ, Tom.