After Easter now what?

AFTER EASTER NOW WHAT?? The Easter clothes, baskets and colored eggs have been put away for now. Easter Sunday is over and most of us are back to the routine. Some to work, some to school and some to another day or two of relaxation. But, what really has Resurrection Day i.e., Easter, done to us or more specifically IN us? After Jesus rose from the dead He told his disciples to meet Him in Galilee. In Galilee Jesus gave them His last discourse of instructions. These instructions took several years to play out but eventually these disciples took the directive to heart and moved out from Jerusalem to Samaria to the utter most part of the world. However, the campaign wasn’t mass revival meetings in large arena’s nor super crowds in large convention centers. It was a simple instruction…”as you go, make disciples”. It was mainly a one on one, house to house campaign to touch others with the message of hope…the gospel. The message that the Messiah had come, lived, died and rose again. It was the message of hope…because of the resurrection we could have life after death thru this same Messiah, Jesus the Christ. So, has Easter made a difference in our lives? Has the celebration of Resurrection Sunday awakened us to the message of the resurrection Lord Jesus Christ? Or as Paul says, “arise O sleeper”. Has the excitement of Easter and the message of the resurrection turned into a massive surge of God’s children hitting the streets, taking to our neighborhoods to do exactly what the Messiah, said…GO!!!!!!!! Strike up a conversation at work, at school, in the marketplace, in our circle of influence about the meaning of Resurrection Sunday. It is the meaning of heaven or hell. It is the meaning of life or death. One to one. Person to person. Going forth to tell others what Jesus the Christ has done for us. Has He made a transformation in our lives and if so, what? It will probably take more than a few meetings with deep conversation for us to covey what this Jesus, this Resurrection Day, this Easter has done for us. If the meaning of Easter has touched US and transformed us…then the message is very clear…”as you go, make disciples”! So, who will be the first person you touch? Come on! You can do it. As you go, who will be the first person you need to tell them this Resurrection story. One on one. Person to person. Who needs to hear; Jesus loves them, came for them, died for them, wants to give them resurrection life and will one day come for them? The one person is _______________! You fill in the blank…then GO!!!!! I am praying for you and for your family