Power During Good Friday

Every Christian has those days when it’s hard to wait for the cavalry to show up. When you’re doing what you’re supposed to, but you’re worn-out waiting.

You need to learn how to live like you’re risen when you feel dead yourself. You can have victory when others have written you off. Whether you are godly or ungodly, you will go through times of darkness, but they are followed by breakthroughs.  …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance… – Ecclesiastes 3:4

The same Bible that tells you this also says, “In all things, we are more than conquerors,” and that we will have trouble “sure as sparks fly upward.” No, it’s not a contradiction. God made us to have incredible victory in spite of our miserable failures.

Our Christian experience is full of good and bad days. Some days, God’s power is obvious. Others, it is not. That is the difference between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday but hear me on this: the power of God is just as real on both days!

For you and me, Good Friday will always be a day of betrayal, false accusations, torture, pain, standing alone, and having to keep your mouth shut when you’re more than able to defend yourself. It is a day when the sky grows dark – a day of despair, shame, anguish, and laying down your life.

Likewise, Resurrection Sunday will always be about new beginnings, great hope, joy, and unexpected surprises. It is when your enemies have fallen out, you get a clear word from the Lord, and doors you thought would never be open have been blown off the hinges. The power of God shows up, and so does victory.

Again, the power of God is real on both days! If you can’t tap into His power on Good Friday, you’ll never see the Easter mornings God has planned for you. Yes, it is the will of God that you know how to think and what to think when hell is breaking loose!