There's not too many people, believers in Christ that is, that are not looking for some form of Resurrection in their life. When you talk about The Resurrection, the raising from the dead of Jesus Christ (who is the Resurrection, John 11), it speaks of Hope, Renewal, Victory, A Second Chance, Beating the Odds, Life out of Death. These are all things that many of us are reaching for and hoping for in dealing with the various situations and circumstances in our lives. But there's something that we must remember about the dynamics of The Resurrection. Resurrection has a certain vantage point from which it takes place. Resurrection doesn't take place above ground. Resurrection doesn't take place out in the open. There is a Point (vantage point) of Resurrection that has to be reached in order for one to experience the Power and the Miracle of The Resurrection. In order to experience the Resurrection, you have to be at The Point of Resurrection.
The Point of the Resurrection is Underground. There's a reason why people are buried "six feet under". In the biblical days, people were buried in a cave; once again, out of sight. This is what has to happen for many of us before we will have the privilege of experiencing The Resurrection. We must go Underground. We must enter the Darkness of our Spiritual Caves. I know this sounds somber and probably somewhat depressing, but this is the challenge of Resurrection. I know most of us (if not all of us) want to be happy and cheerful, which of course makes sense. But we need to understand, this is not The Point of Resurrection. Some of us are fighting trying to feel good and "stay positive", when unbeknownst to yourself, you're actually working against your spiritual progress and breakthrough. We must learn to surrender to The Point of Resurrection.
The scripture says in the 4th chapter of the Book of James, "be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness". Not exactly a recipe for a good time is it? But it's exactly the prescription for The Point of Resurrection. Do you understand that your present sorrow is Redemptive? Do you know that God is allowing you to go through these trying and difficult times, emotionally, physically, relationally, financially, occupationally, ministerially; because He's trying to raise you to another Level, another Dimension? That's what the Resurrection represents; a whole new Level of Living and a whole new Dimension of Existence and Being. But the portal is the Point of Resurrection.
This is what Jesus had to experience in order to fulfill His Calling as The Son of God. The scripture says in the 53rd chapter of Isaiah, "yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief". The Father divinely orchestrated and ordained the suffering of His Son. The crucifixion of Christ was not happenstance or a fortuitous set of events. God set the whole thing up. And can I tell you something, whether you believe it or not, He's setting up your situation to. I know that some of it you may have "brought on yourself". But what does the Word say, "and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8). So if you love Him, you're good. But all that Jesus went through was in the name of getting Him to The Point of Resurrection. And since Jesus was raised from the dead, there's been no looking back. Jesus has been ruling the Heavens and the Earth, seated at the Right Hand of the Father, ever since (Matthew 28, Colossians 3). And there'll be no looking back for you too as you surrender and submit to The Point of Resurrection.
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