Journey to the Cross: Week Nine

This Week's Scripture:
John 20:19- 21:25

Join us as we Journey to the Cross, a nine-week study designed to prepare our hearts for Easter. 

This study comes to us from The Daily Grace Company. Originally designed to be an eight-day study, we’re going to stretch it out over nine weeks and meditate on Scripture as we enter the season of Easter. I hope you’ll join us!

Last week we looked at He is Risen.

This week, we finish up the series by looking at what Jesus meant when He simply said, "Follow Me."

​Let's find out how we can follow Him for a lifetime!

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Follow Me

The glorious resurrection of Jesus begs us to answer the question, "What now?" What does this mean for our practical, real, everyday life?

The resurrection reminds us that God makes dead things come to life. And if God can make dead things come to life, He can certainly do the same for me. In salvation He made us who were dead in sins come back to life (Ephesians 2:1). We were once far from God, but the blood of Christ has brought us near (Ephesians 2:13). We have been raised with Christ and saved by His grace (Ephesians 2:5). The triumphant truth of the Gospel is that we were so far from God, but His death and resurrection have brought us near to Him.

So Jesus met with His disciples after the resurrection and told them that just as the Father had sent Him to earth, He was now sending them (and us too!). We who have experienced His great salvation and have been witnesses of this Risen Christ are commissioned to go and tell.

It makes me think about when something exciting happens, and I can barely contain the news. I find myself texting my husband or posting on social media, or even taking to the family group text to tell the news. How much more should we be excited to share the news that changes everything?

Jesus gave a few other instructions to the disciples in those days before He ascended back into Heaven. He told Peter to feed His sheep, and He urged the disciples with one phrase that summed it all up—the words, "Follow Me."

Follow Me. The words seem so simple, but they encompass everything that Jesus wants us to do on this earth. We are to follow Him. 

Chapter 21 of John starts by telling us that Jesus was revealed again, and that is just what Jesus' time on earth did—it revealed who God is.

He is the:

• Light
• Lamb
• Bread of Life
• Truth
• Healer
• Miracle Worker
• Great Physician
• Resurrection and the Life
• Triumphant King
• Humble Servant
• True Vine
• Suffering Messiah
• Risen Lord

and so much more!

So Jesus calls to us and says, I have shown you who I am, now follow Me.

​The cross reminds us of the magnificent love of our God, and the empty tomb reminds us of His triumphant power.

So what does the resurrection mean for our everyday lives? It means that we can take every care to a God who loves us beyond comprehension and who is mighty to save. So when you need to be reminded of His love, look to the cross. And when you need to be reminded that there is nothing too hard for our God, look to the empty tomb. The God who has loved you with an everlasting love also has the power to bring dead things to life again. There is nothing too hard for our God.

And every day that He gives us, we hear His gentle voice whisper to our hearts, "Follow Me!"

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So what does the resurrection mean for you?