“We do well to distinguish between what we want and what we, in fact, need to be people of the God of the resurrection. When I ask my wife what she wants, she sometimes says, “a brick made out of gold.” That is not going to happen. God is not going to provide such a thing. I am suggesting, however, that we give careful attention to the two resurrection stories in John’s gospel [Lazarus and Jesus]. There we see a generous God who seems to want to do nothing more than to bless us.
Resurrection implies an abundance of life and the ability to provide it. We will be given what we need to live as disciples of the risen Lord. We will be provided with what we need to grow up into Christ. Churches will have what they need to carry out the mission God has called them to. You can count on it–you can build your future on it. As my grandmother used to say, “There will be plenty.”
C. Franklin Brookhart in Living the Resurrection: Reflections After Easter (Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2012) excerpt from chapter three.
Are you living out the resurrection reality that you have everything you need to live as a disciple of our risen Lord? If not, what’s holding you back? Fear that God won’t provide? Worry linked to the cares of this world? The best way for us to proclaim the good news of the resurrection of Christ to the world is to live like we believe it.