A catholic friend had a symbol of a cross on the wall in their house. A Pentecostal had a picture of fire on top of people’s heads. Another Christian, evangelical by label, is more inclined to show an empty tomb.
Christians focus on Jesus. Today is resurrection Sunday. We will look into a grave and then watch Jesus appear to many – the living dead.
I have gone through various focus stages in my life.
- As a youth, the importance of the cross was impressed upon my heart. My sins are cared for, they are gone.
- In my early adult years, I began to focus on Pentecost. There Jesus gave power for service and Christian Living – directly through his Holy Spirit.
- In my middle years the focus tended to be upon the resurrection – all these great ideas come to nothing if Jesus didn’t really die and come back to life.
- And now, I am sensing a movement to the ascension and exaltation. As my world becomes busy and stressed, I need constant intercession for me. I realize that, as God in Jesus’ resurrection, honored Jesus by placing him at His right hand, so God honors me in like manner as a brother of Jesus.
I wonder, as I continue to grow up, which aspect of Jesus I will find surrounds my thoughts.
Harkening back to an earlier English, there is a never plumbed depth about Jesus that beckons me to focus on Him.