Matthew 28:7, “go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you.”

We’ve all wanted a do over at some point and time.  Our lives get busy.  We wish we would have made different decisions.  We just want to start over.  But at Easter we get to celebrate that Jesus came not to give us a do-over, but a new life in Him.  The resurrection of Jesus forms the purpose and direction of our lives.  As the two Mary’s were told the truth of Jesus resurrection they were sent to testify.  Easter is a time for us to hear that testimony: that Jesus has come to give us a new life: a life of truth, a simplified life.  What would it look like if we embraced that testimony?  If we decluttered our lives, eradicating the stuff that leaves our spirit drained?  If we stopped doing things that didn’t matter and started living the things that do?

1. Jesus mission was to bring new life to all humanity.
2. Jesus resurrection proved he could bring life in the midst of sin, death and the Devil.
3. When we spend our lives doing things that keep us busy but don’t really matter, it corrupts our testimony of who Jesus truly is and robs us of living part of the new life that Jesus came to bring.