Do you believe? That can be a difficult question to answer. We may first reply, “Believe in what?” But the question is not about a what but a Who. Do you believe in Jesus? Again, not a simple question to answer. There are many nuances to that question.
Do we believe Jesus is the resurrection? Jesus says He is. We may believe He was resurrected. But do we believe we will be resurrected by Him? If we do, and we believe we will spend eternity with Him, our lives should reflect that.
How should our lives reflect that? We live without fear, anxiety, and worry. We do not worry about our lives, rather we live for Him and the eternal life we will spend with Him. In fact, though we may not want to go immediately, we look forward to that eternal life. Knowing we are going somewhere better should eliminate our fear of death and what anyone can do to us in this life.
Jesus also states He is the life. If He is the life and we are in Him, then we never die. He tells us that. But do we believe it? Again, if we do, our lives change. If we believe no one can take us out of His hands, our lives change. Rather than living for this world, we live for His kingdom, and everlasting, forever and ever kingdom.
Jesus asks if we believe and asks us to believe. Not for his sake. For our sake. He knows what is best for us. He knows the best thing is for us to believe and to be changed. May each of us decide to believe Him and believe in Him so that we are changed by Him.
I pray we all believe Jesus is the resurrection. I pray we believe that Jesus is the life. I pray each one of us will have our lives changed because we believe Jesus and we believe in Jesus. Believe Jesus is the resurrection. Believe Jesus is the life. Be changed. Believe Jesus. Believe in Jesus.
John 11:25-26: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Marty Pressey 