Below is a short email from Pastor Joseph Prince’s Gospel Partners app. I signed up to receive direct emails of encouragement and I get several daily. They are indeed a form of reminder to me about God. This resurrection sunday one left me very insipred so I thought to share.
Dear Sarah
Have you ever experienced something so good—a beautiful view, or even just a great meal—and thought, “How I wish my loved ones were here to enjoy this with me”?
That’s the nature of love.
When you truly love someone, you don’t just want to keep what’s good to yourself… you want to share it with your loved one. Love gives, and love delights in seeing those you love enjoy all that has been given to them.
What does resurrection sunday mean?
That’s exactly the heart of God toward you!
From the very beginning, God created a world full of beauty, abundance, and life. The trees, the stars, the seas, every good thing had already been prepared. Then, He made man last and placed him right in the midst of His wondrous creation (Gen. 2:8–9).
Why? Because we were created to enjoy all that He is and has, to be recipients of His love and goodness.
And even when man fell, and sin came in, God’s heart of love for us never changed.
He didn’t withdraw. He didn’t turn away or say, “Well, you blew it. Now you’re on your own.”
No, God gave again. But this time, the gift was infinitely more costly.
What does the Bible say the resurrection sunday?
The Bible tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
Notice that little word “so”?
God didn’t just love you and me; He so loved you and me, with such an intensity and passion, that He gave us the greatest gift heaven could offer.
He didn’t give us something He could spare.
He didn’t give us just one of his angels.
He gave us His own beloved Son, the very object of His delight.
At the cross, our Lord Jesus became the Lamb of God who took away our sins, and a beautiful exchange happened.
All that was ours… sin, condemnation, separation… He took upon Himself.
And all that is His… righteousness, favor, acceptance before the Father… was credited to our account.
He took all our rejection, so that we could be brought back to the place of freely enjoying all of God’s goodness and favor.
Today, every good thing that you need has already been provided for you through His perfect, finished work!
What should you do?
So Sarah, as you reflect on all that the Lord has done for you this season, can I invite you to do something simple?
Receive.
Receive His peace for your heart.
Receive His strength for the days ahead.
Receive His wisdom, His provision, His grace.
Whatever you find yourself in need of today, simply come to Him and receive. Because there’s no better way to respond to His love than to freely receive what He has already given (Ps. 116:12–13).
If this short word has blessed you, can I encourage you to catch the full Resurrection Sunday message preached by Pastor Prince on Youtube?
In this powerful sermon, you’ll discover how our Lord Jesus’ finished work has established you in righteousness, and how you can come to Him as you are to freely receive of His grace.
This link connects you to the message on Youtube.
My blog has more posts about similar encouragements.
