Resurrection Power

"If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you" (Romans 8:11).

We seem to be fascinated with long life.

We exercise. We eat right. Or at least we talk about doing those things.

We are amazed when someone lives to be 100 or older. We want to live a long and happy life.

Those certainly are noble goals and good things to be doing to keep our bodies healthy and useful for the Lord.

But the truth is, even if we do live to be 100, we're still going to die.

The truth is, even if you become an organic vegetarian who practices yoga, you're going to die.

It happens every day.

But this verse and this day give us hope.

"...He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies..."

God, who raised Christ from the dead, will resuscitate our bodies.

Wouldn't that be great to know that you don't have to fear death because you're going to be brought back to life?

But did you notice the "If-clause?"

Something has to be a reality right now to guarantee that you will be resurrected.

"If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you..."

The guarantee that you will be resuscitated after death depends on whether or not the Spirit of God dwells in you right now.

So, if you want to have the power of the resurrection of Jesus also raise you from the dead, you better make sure that the Holy Spirit is dwelling in you today.

Because someday you're going to die.

Maybe today.