Easter

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

When I was a little boy, my father bought me a bicycle. The bicycle changed my life totally. It released power to me at least as far as my mobility was concerned. All my mates did not have bicycles. I remember riding my bicycle and all the children on our street will run after me and it made me feel very powerful. It was so profound to me because for the first time in my life, I had power to move faster than my two legs. That bicycle was to me the power of acceleration and mobility, I could move. When I grew older, that power of mobility changed to a car. You may be wondering what the connection is between a bicycle and Easter. I will tell you.

Easter is all about The Power of God. In fact, Easter introduces The Power of God into our lives. If you had been moving at two kilometers per hour for instance, when you come in contact with The Power of Resurrection, it will enable you to go further and faster, at someone else’s expense. So Easter [The Resurrection] makes The Power of God available to man.

After His resurrection, when Jesus was about to physically leave the earth, He gathered His disciples together and said, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” Acts 1:8 [emphasis added]. This is so powerful. There was one of the deacons, Stephen, that The Power carried all the way to Ethiopia. When he finished preaching in Ethiopia, The Power carried him back. This is not fiction; it is real – The Power of God is real.

Imagine you need to be in the United States today and The Power carries you. When you get to the States, guess what? You will not need to go through immigration. The Power of God can literarily change the life of man. The Power of God literarily changed a whole nation through one man, Samson. Power is one of the major essences of Easter. To be a Christian and not to have The Power of God is to be a Christian that has not experienced Easter.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, please give me a fresh experience of the essence of Easter in this season, in Jesus Name.