Spiritual Resilience

UV 4169/10000. Spiritual Resilience So he said to them, “ Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not solve the riddle in three days. Judges 14 v 14 Whatever the enemy, the roaring lion, satan throws at us, humans, with the help of the Word, Jesus, the Messiah, the King of Kings, the Wonderful Counsellor, the Ebenezer, Emmanuel, the Prince of Peace we can emerge from it stronger, better, sweeter. Jesus solved the riddle of life and of sin in three days from His death to His resurrection. Hence, the killer is defeated, the tempter is routed, the strong one is bound. Death is defeated, death is overcome, conquered, made toothless and clawless so it cannot hold us to ransom. Jesus by surrendering to death on the cross achieved two things at one go- payment for man’s sin and the right to eternal life being given to mankind. He, then, is the source of our spiritual resilience, sustenance and of our thriving forever. We go through tough and rough situations in life not to cause us pain, not to sadden us but to make us stronger and better. The man or woman of faith is victorious and an overcomer in any life situation. Samson’s riddle holds in it the secret of the gospel. Death till the resurrection of Jesus caused fear and panic in any human, high or low, rich or poor, strong or weak but Jesus solved the puzzle, the riddle of how man can live forever in His sacrifice. Samson wanted thirty linen tunics from his in laws to be if they could not answer the riddle he asked. But Jesus by solving the age old problem of mankind clothed us with wholesome salvation. Today, we continue to be vulnerable to the first or physical death but this is compared by Jesus to our routine of sleeping for often He referred to the dead as merely sleeping. We are freed from the fear of guilt, of judgement in the hereafter, freed from the secondary death or eternal death, the experience of continual dying, continual suffering. The powerful enemy death had been rendered innocuous and harmless. Freed from the bonds of sin and death we now have the sweet experience of spiritual freedom. We can now go from strength to strength till the Lord calls us home. Our lives freed from the sting of fear and shame are to be lived in fellowship and joy with the Lord. For the justified in Christ live by faith and not by fear and the sanctified in the Spirit live in joy.