Today’s celebration shed light upon the dark zones of our life and give us the hope for a forward-looking journey into eternity of God’s love through Salvation. The Savior must surely be the creator, because he must save what he has made.
The empty tomb summarises moments of victory in our lives which seems obscure because of our lack of understanding. We will surely recognise the approach of our gains if only we could process the pains that often precede them. We can’t be searching for the living among the dead.
Many a time, we isolate our experience, and we do not see how they connect to give meaning to our existence. We emphasise our problem and disconnect them from their solutions simply because the span of time between them make it seem they are separate realities. We are preoccupied with our questions and sleep off when God begin to give the answers. We must not forget that history is a continuum. God cannot reject the work of his hand. He is with us.
There are some dark moments in our lives, which unsettle us and give us deep concerns. Oftentimes, we call them, moments of despair, depression, doubt and disappointments. These are moments when we think that God is absent or has gone on holiday, moments when we think that no one cares, and we feel led down and ask they question of why we are still alive or why we must continue to do what we love doing.
With a deep reflection on the significance of Easter, we find an answer as we recall our drama with a God who loves us so dearly, a God who we often misunderstood when for greater good he allows some challenges to come our way. The Lord who allowed his only begotten Son to die that we may be saved.
We celebrate the victory which greets the dark moments in the history of our salvation. Pains come, deaths strike, sicknesses knock, and all sorts of suffering raise their ugly heads, yet God remains ever present, achieving his purpose through all the cracks created by the unwelcome agonies of our days.
The resurrection of Christ reminds us that after the pains come gain, after the cross comes the crown, and the death comes the resurrection. We only we to be patient. God is working in our miseries to achieve his mission. He is training us in our ups and down to learn the virtues and values with which we achieve our real purpose. A big no to pain, prolong the agony. With patient endurance, we see in no distant time the light at the end of the tunnel. Let us set our eyes on eternal joys and never allow ourselves to be held back by the tings of this world which stop us from understanding how God achieve his merciful designs in our lives.
Hence Paul says, “Brothers and Sisters: If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory” Colossians 3:1-4
May we always be ready to walk with him and see how our life experiences translate into victory in his own terms. Amen.
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