– Joe Fornear
What if Bill Gates kept computer codes to himself? What if Michael Jordan rejected offers to play 
hoops? What if The Eagles never cut an album? What if your best friend was a multi-billionaire, but never bought you a blessed thing? What if Jesus rose from the dead just to show He could? Good for them, bad for us. Yet we all learned early: sharing is good. And the beauty of Christ’s resurrection power is that He showed it in order to share it! Do you “see” this fact?
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know … the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. – Ephesians 1:18-21
So then how is Jesus’ resurrection power available to believers today? Here are just a few amazing benefits of His “share”:
1) We have His resurrection strength to cope with any trial, including cancer and my fight with Stage IV metastatic melanoma.
Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. – 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
2) We have His resurrection strength to overcome destructive habits and sins.
But 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. So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. – Romans 8:11-13
3) We can be free of man’s greatest fear – the fear of death!
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. – Hebrews 2:14-15
So power up this Resurrection Day! Sure He died for us, but He rose for us too!
Find out more on how Joe tapped into Jesus’ Resurrection power during his Stage IV cancer battle. His book, My Stronghold – A Pastor’s Battle with Cancer and Doubts, is part of our Free gift basket to cancer patients.
