Project Resurrected
How many times do we hear about a building project that is
full of potential only to learn later that it is dead in its tracks, a shell of
what it could be? Then a new owner comes along who resurrects the project; who injects
new life into it. All of the beauty and magnificence originally hoped for is
realized. Many lives are positively impacted as a result.
I attend a Sunday School class called Finding our Place in God’s Story. This past Sunday we
examined Jesus’ death and resurrection and were asked by our instructor, Pastor
Beau Stanley, to write a one paragraph summary of what this means to us. As I
reflected on the lesson and what Jesus’ death and resurrection mean to me, I
thought of the illustration above.
You see, before I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I
was like that building project, full of potential but dead in my tracks, a
shell of what I could be. There was nothing I could do pay the debt of my sin. Jesus
came along and took upon himself on the cross the punishment that was meant for
me (Rom 3:23, Rom 6:23, John 3:16.) Through Jesus’ death & resurrection, I
too was resurrected. I have been
injected with new life (John 10:10.) I have been redeemed and restored to the
beauty and magnificence that God originally intended for me.
Jesus
Christ can do the same for you!!
