Why Seek Ye The Living Among The Dead?

“And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?” - Luke 24:5

This Sunday, Christians across the world will be celebrating Resurrection Day. We will be remembering the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. On that day, we recall the greatest event in human history.

The sad fact is that most Christians live as if the resurrection never happened. We act and live as if Jesus never really rose from the grave. How tragic!

Let me be personal for a moment. Do YOU live like Jesus has risen? Does your convictions, attitude and lifestyle reflect this belief? When it comes to uncertainty, pain and death, do we really demonstrate a strong faith in a living Lord?

Adrian Rogers once said, “We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning and is coming back this afternoon.” We need that kind of excitement in our Christian walk! Too many of us are like the women who sought the body of Jesus. The angels asked those ladies, “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” Far too many of us live like Jesus is still in the tomb. He isn't! He's alive!

It is time to be renewed in your faith. The reason so many Christians live defeated lives is because they act is the Savior was defeated. We need to be renewed in our minds. The fact of the resurrection led the disciples to go forward in their faith. The coming of the Holy Spirit empowered them to be outspoken in their faith. The disciples actually looked for Jesus to return at any time. Do we?

I don't think it is wrong to use your sanctified imagination a little. Consider what it must have been like to be Peter or John coming to an empty tomb. Think what it would have been like to walk the Emmaus Road and talk with the risen Redeemer during the stroll. Picture the disciples as they looked upon their risen Lord.

We serve a risen Redeemer. People from other religions may pray to a dead god, but Christians pray to the only true God, who is alive and well. When we pray, we address the Father, in the Name of the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not wasting our time when we pray. God hears and answers our prayers.

It is true, Jesus did die. But that is not the end of the story. A tomb was borrowed for his burial. It was merely borrowed because He would only need it three days.

It is time for people to truly recognize that He is alive. We worship One who died for us and rose again. The reality of His resurrection should shape our worldview, our thoughts, our words and our actions. We should no longer seek the living among the dead.

Jesus is alive forevermore!