The Resurrection of Jesus gives full meaning and purpose to His suffering and death.
Sometimes, life is just not fair!
Haven’t you felt this way before? Trying to figure out why
things happen the way they do, and coming up with no real
reason - other than the simple fact that life is just not fair? It is
sometimes just the way it is, and if we try too hard to figure things
out, we just waste whatever time and energy we should be
spending on other things.
Easter reminds me every year that life wasn’t fair for Jesus
either. He did not deserve what this world gave him, and there
was certainly no earthly reason for him to have to suffer the way
he did. His rejection by this world was a statement of our own
sinfulness and preference for the darkness than any lack in his
light which he came to shed on us all. As a rule, human beings
have a real problem with being short-sighted, and I know myself
to be no exception to the rule. If Jesus, being perfect, had to
suffer and die, there certainly must be some value for our own
suffering and death, even though we cannot see it, or may not
know it until we are with God forever.
The Resurrection of Jesus gives full meaning and purpose to
His suffering and death after all. One cannot come to new life, if
the old one is not taken away first. One cannot know freedom
from pain and suffering if one has not known what pain and
suffering is in the first place. I do not believe for one minute that
God inflicts difficulties on us, but He knows that they will come
our way in this life. Like Jesus knew his Father was with him
throughout all that he endured, we too can count on the same.
We need to count on the same.
One fact will always remain. As long as we are alive in this
world, life will have a certain level of unfairness to it. There will
always be some degree of injustice and inequity among us as
human beings. It is a part of life itself, and a necessary part of
life at that. But for us who believe in the Risen Christ, the One
who suffered and died, this injustice and inequity will always give
way in the end. Jesus rising from the dead proves it to us, and
we can count on it. We must remember this everyday and know
that there will be ultimate victory Suffering and death is never
the end, as we might feel it at times, but will definitely give way to
the ultimate freedom, life with God himself. Forever. For
Always.
As we continue to celebrate the joy of our Risen Savior, may
we find courage grow each day to deal withw whatever this life
will give to us, trusting that there is indeed a purpose. One day
we will know what that purpose is when death itself is no more.
