Saying yes to Jesus is the best decision we can ever make — but it’s a yes that changes everything. Often, we don’t count the cost. We don’t consider all the lesser yeses we’ll need to surrender — old patterns, comforts, even dreams.
We may say yes to Christ with our lips yet still cling tightly to our own ways with our hearts and hands. This tension is real. Resurrection life is powerful, but in a broken world, it’s inseparable from sharing in Christ’s death. Think of a sunset — beautiful, yet final. That day will never return. If we keep looking west, grieving what’s ended, we’ll miss the rising light in the east. Resurrection isn’t resuscitation; it’s new creation. Not a return to what was, but a transformation into what God is building now. What are you still holding onto that may be keeping you from fully living in the resurrection life of Christ?”
GCI Meditation Monday