What is the most significant event that has happened during your lifetime? You could look at it from just your personal experience but maybe try to think of something that has happened on a bigger scale that has affected many people, including you. For me that would be the events of 911 on September 11th, 2001. I knew the moment I saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center our world would never be the same; and I was correct.
Throughout the course of human history there have been events, for the better or for the worse, that have changed the course of humanity. Time is the only way to know if the changes we are experiencing right now will be for the good or for the worse. However, there is one event that is tied to one person that stands out as the pivotal moment of all history. Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that event. The life of Jesus stands above every other life ever lived as the most important life. People the world over see this as the year 2026, which really means, “This is the year, In the Year of Our Lord, 2026.” The resurrection of Jesus is the most important and amazing event of all history: A person died and came back to life! If God can do that, God can do anything. Easter Changes Everything!
Some of the major events of history will not have a direct effect on our lives at this time. But the resurrection of Jesus still affects people’s lives today. We may think our lives are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but that is not how God sees it. Through the resurrection of Jesus God offers us that same amazing gift of resurrection: life after death. That is an event that affects our lives here and now as well as in the future. Easter does change everything. Join me this Sunday as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and how that one event changes everything.