Resurrection of Our Lord – April 20, 2025
“Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.”
- Isaiah 65:24 -
It’s not unusual for people who know us very well to be able to discern what we are thinking or anticipate what we might do, even without our saying a word. Part of paying attention to another person is getting to know what is important to them and how they might react to different things. Having those people in our life who can interpret the look on our face or read between the lines of our text messages is a real blessing. 
But even in our closest relationships we still have the capacity to surprise one another. A spouse will do something we find totally baffling. A child will respond in a way we never saw coming. A friend will say something we think is completely out of character. There are limits to how well we can know one another in this life.
Isaiah describes a coming day when these limits will no longer exist in our relationship with God. God will answer before we call and hear while we are still speaking. Paul adds to this that we will know the Lord even as we are already fully known by him.
The distance that needs to be overcome, the barrier that exists between us and God is the wall of our sin. Our sin makes God’s ways baffling to us. Our sin prevents us from knowing God as he would have us know him.
Today we celebrate the beginning of the end of this barrier between us and God. As Christ broke open the grave, he began the work of breaking down our sin, breaking down our rebellion, returning us to the Lord. With each passing day we get closer to the completion of this work. With each passing day we are closer to our salvation.
In God’s new and everlasting kingdom, sin will no longer separate us from him, and he will hear our songs of praise before they have even sprung from our lips. “Alleluia” will be our perpetual chorus as we join the company of saints in light. Even death will no longer be a barrier between us and our Lord because, like our Savior, we will have death behind us.
Resurrection of Our Lord – April 20, 2025
“Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.”
- Isaiah 65:24 -
It’s not unusual for people who know us very well to be able to discern what we are thinking or anticipate what we might do, even without our saying a word. Part of paying attention to another person is getting to know what is important to them and how they might react to different things. Having those people in our life who can interpret the look on our face or read between the lines of our text messages is a real blessing. 
But even in our closest relationships we still have the capacity to surprise one another. A spouse will do something we find totally baffling. A child will respond in a way we never saw coming. A friend will say something we think is completely out of character. There are limits to how well we can know one another in this life.
Isaiah describes a coming day when these limits will no longer exist in our relationship with God. God will answer before we call and hear while we are still speaking. Paul adds to this that we will know the Lord even as we are already fully known by him.
The distance that needs to be overcome, the barrier that exists between us and God is the wall of our sin. Our sin makes God’s ways baffling to us. Our sin prevents us from knowing God as he would have us know him.
Today we celebrate the beginning of the end of this barrier between us and God. As Christ broke open the grave, he began the work of breaking down our sin, breaking down our rebellion, returning us to the Lord. With each passing day we get closer to the completion of this work. With each passing day we are closer to our salvation.
In God’s new and everlasting kingdom, sin will no longer separate us from him, and he will hear our songs of praise before they have even sprung from our lips. “Alleluia” will be our perpetual chorus as we join the company of saints in light. Even death will no longer be a barrier between us and our Lord because, like our Savior, we will have death behind us.