The raising of Lazarus demonstrated that Jesus has authority even over death itself. He can give life where there is no life. The issue of the origin of life is a mystery that continues to baffle scientists. As Christians, we believe that life originates in God and that God himself is our life. When Jesus claimed to be the resurrection and the life he was, yet again, claiming to be the incarnation of God because only God could claim to be the source of our life. The life force that animates all living things comes from God alone. Genesis describes God as breathing his life into mankind who was made of inanimate matter and thereby animating him with life. You have the life of God in you. All human beings do, otherwise they would not continue to live. We have a choice, though, whether we will work with this life or against it. The life of God does not just animate things physically. It also brings satisfaction and joy to the soul as food delights the tastebuds and satisfies the body. If we choose to go against this life-flow we will inevitably lose that sense of joy and contentment, even though we will continue to live for a while longer. But when we choose life, when we choose to flow in the direction that God’s life in us flows, then we will enjoy the life of God forever. Jesus is calling you to rise up to life just as he called Lazarus out of the tomb.
Choose life today.
Read John 11:38-44
