Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: He's alive again

Sunday 12 April 2020

He's alive again

"But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away - for it was very large." Mark 16:4. NKJV

Back in the 80's, there was an amazing Christian song, written and recorded by Phil Driscoll. It told the Easter story very well. The verse went:

'He's alive again, the stone's been rolled away,

He's alive again, He's no longer where He lay,

He's alive again, you can hear the angels say,

Let all the world rejoice, He's alive!'

Phil Driscoll

The song lifted everyone's spirit and made them feel alive. And that's exactly how Jesus wants you to feel today. It's been a tough year up to now and it's only mid April. We had the ongoing saga of Brexit and that became quite depressing in itself. Now, we have this awful plague - the Coronavirus, that is killing people worldwide.

Watch this, if Jesus beat death, He can beat Covid 19. If he rose from the dead, He can put the Coronavirus into the grave, never to rise up again. Jesus will not let us down; but we have to trust in Him - totally.

The stone that blocked the entrance to where Jesus lay, was extremely large and must have also been, very heavy. It would have taken some moving. It was a mountain. That large stone can be imagined as the Coronavirus itself and the only one who can roll it away, is Jesus. He's good at rolling stones away.

For the stone to be rolled away, we as believers in Jesus Christ must offer this stone to Jesus. As we pray believing, speak to this mountain that it be removed and cast into the sea. Don't doubt for a moment but believe that what we have said, will be done and we will have it.

Therefore, ask Jesus to roll that stone away; believe that He has done this and it will be done. (Mark 11:22-24)

Jesus is greater than the Coronavirus. That stone has been rolled away. Believe and receive it and you will have it. Why? Because we serve a God who is alive! He has conquered death!