Do not Just Celebrate It, Live It!

“I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms,” Ephesians 1:19–20 (NLT).

There is a power available to the believer that we are not fully tapping into. Not a lesser version and definitely not a watered-down imitation. Apostle Paul said it plainly: the same power that raised Jesus from the grave is now working in us. That means the resurrection was not just about getting Jesus out of the tomb, it was about getting power into each and every one of us who believe.

The Cross was never meant to be just a symbol we wear or a story we retell once a year. It was and still is the altar where Heaven met Earth, justice met mercy, and death met its end. When Jesus said, “It is finished,” He meant it. The sin was paid for, the curse was broken, the veil was torn, the gap was closed and the power, the same power that rolled the stone away, that broke the seal and shook the grave is now available to you and me.

I have been wondering lately or let me put it another way, I have been deeply curious: If that same power is in us, why are we still living like we are defeated? Why are we still walking around in spiritual survival mode? Why are we crying out for what has already been given?” Jesus did not just die to save us from hell. He rose to empower us for life. We are not waiting for power to come, we are walking with power that has already been given. We are not begging for victory, we are moving from a place of victory that has already been won. Paul understood this when he wrote in Galatians 2:20 (NKJV): “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” This resurrection power does not just come alongside us, it lives in us.

Therefore, always know you are not trying to live for Christ in your own strength; He is living His life through you. That is why the enemy cannot hold you, fear cannot define you, your past cannot condemn you because that old you died with Him and the new you got up with Him.

The early Church understood this. They did not have all the programs, the platforms, or the polished language we have today. What they did have was power. Power to heal, power to preach, power to endure, power to forgive, and power to advance the kingdom of God in the face of persecution, poverty, and pressure. That power came from knowing that Jesus was alive and that His Spirit was in them.

We have gotten too good at talking about what God used to do and not bold enough to walk in what He still wants to do. Too many believers are admiring the empty tomb but not living in the power it released. May we be reminded everyday, the power that got Jesus from the grave is still active. It did not fade with time. It did not die with the apostles. It was not buried with the patriarchs. It is here and it is in you.

This resurrection season is not just a commemoration, it is a call to wake up, shake off the shame, step out of the grave clothes, and walk in what is already been finished. Jesus did not rise for you to live bound. He did not conquer the grave for you to live in fear and He did not get up so you could stay down. Get up in your faith, your purpose, your worship, and your walk. You do not have to manufacture this power, you just have to believe it is already working. That is what Apostle Paul prayed: that we would understand it because if you do not understand the power in you, you will never walk in it.

May we be challenged now more than ever to stop living as though the resurrection is behind us because it is not. It is in us. If the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us, then it is time to start living like we have been raised too, as is written: “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,” Ephesians 2:6 (NIV).