Exhilaration In Jesus!
"Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
but I go that I may wake
him up."
John 11: 11
Alexander Polli, a skydiver and base jumper,
was asked why he risked his life. “To be quite
honest, I am extremely scared of dying” he
said. Polli perished in 2016 while attempting
to soar through the French Alps in a flying
suit. He was 31.
When we know Christ as Savior, we will
soar in life with no fear of dying. We want
to challenge ourselves
and occasionally
pump our adrenaline.
We like adventure. But we also know
Jesus Christ is able to satisfy our inner
craving for significance and excitement.
We say with Paul, “If I live on in
the flesh,
this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what
I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-
pressed between the two, having a desire
to depart and be with Christ, which is far
better” (Philippians 1:22-23).
When Jesus healed His friend Lazarus, He
demonstrated His power over death. He said,
“I am the resurrection and the life”
(John 11:
25). There’s no exhilaration like knowing
Him, and no security like knowing that He
will certainly awaken all those who fall
asleep in Christ.
"Even death holds no
terror because he
is the Living One who has conquered
death and holds it in his power."
Robert Mounce
