Walk the Talk; Live It

We celebrate Easter this Sunday and every year Easter arrives with pastel colors, sunrise services, and joyful songs celebrating Christ’s resurrection. We proclaim, “He is risen!” But have we truly grasped what that means beyond tradition?

What if we have been thinking too small?

Easter is not just about Jesus coming back to life, it was the moment death lost its grip; it was a turning point in history. Jesus did not just escape the grave; He shattered its power!

Yes, the world is still broken. People still die. But Easter tells us death is not the final word!

Death is a defeated enemy, gasping for air, fighting a war it has already lost. We win! And yet, we live like we are still in the battle, fearing the end, dreading loss, forgetting that resurrection life is not just for Christ, it is for us! Easter is not a one-day event. It is an invitation to live as if the resurrection really happened. Not just in history, but in us. What if we did? What if we could?

Would we fear less? Love more? Take bolder steps of faith? Would we stop living like the grave still holds power over us?

Because here’s the truth: The stone was not just rolled away for Jesus. It was rolled away for us.

Resurrection Sunday is not just about looking back, it’s about stepping forward into the victory we often forget.

But here is the strange thing, many of us live as if nothing really changed. 

We celebrate Easter once a year, but then return to lives filled with worry, fear, and defeat. We act as if death still has the final say, as if sin still holds us hostage. We rejoice that Jesus walked out of the tomb, yet we remain trapped in our own prisons, prisons of doubt, regret, addiction, fear, or complacency. But Easter was never meant to be just an event we remember. It is a reality we are called to live!

Think about it.

The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in us. Romans 8:11 tells us: "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you." ESV 

That means resurrection is not just something that happened to Jesus, it is something that happens to us. And, not just in the future, when we are raised to eternal life, but now; right now!

Easter means the things that once held me down have no true power over me anymore. Sin is defeated. Fear is conquered. Death has lost its sting. I want to encourage you to live in that victory!

Consider the disciples before the resurrection. They were terrified, hiding behind locked doors, convinced that the cross was the end of their hopes. But then, Jesus walked through their fear, literally. He stepped into their locked room and changed everything. The ones who had been cowering in the shadows became bold witnesses, willing to die rather than deny Him.

What changed? They saw the resurrected Jesus. And when you really encounter the risen Christ, you do not stay the same. It's impossible!

So why do we still let fear and sin keep us bound? Why do we hesitate to step into the life Jesus died to give us?

The stone was not just rolled away for Jesus, it was rolled away for us.

Easter is an invitation. It calls us to step out of our own tombs, to leave behind the grave clothes of our past, and to walk in resurrection power. It reminds us that we are not defeated, not abandoned, not enslaved to our old ways. We are alive in Christ.

So this year, don’t just celebrate Easter. Live it! 

Because the resurrection is not just something to believe. It is something to step into.

by Jeanette Stark 2025