Spring Reflections

Spring has sprung. Every year I am always excited to look out and see the trees budding, the flowers blooming and all nature is waking up after a long sleep through the cold winter. It is a season of new life and renewal. The Bible states that even nature testifies to the existence of God. Romans 1:20 (NIV) speaks to this fact. "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."  

Spring is also a representation of the new life we gain when we accept Christ as our Savior. Before we come to know Christ, we are dead in our sins and our future is one of eternal separation from God. We essentially exist in a winter like world. After we accept Christ, we are a new creation just as it states in 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, all things have become new.   

Before Christ, our world is cold and dead, after Christ, our world explodes with life and color! Just like the world around us does each spring. I believe it is not a coincidence that God chose this season of renewal and new life to be the season that his Son would go to the cross. God had everything planned out before he laid the foundation of creation. He knew how the dominos were going to fall. He knew that Adam and Eve would fall and introduce sin into the world. He knew that the Israelites would turn from Him many, many times. He knew that Mary would be his faithful servant and carry his Son and He planned the way to bring us back to fellowship with Him. He had every little detail planned out before he formed the heavens and the earth. What better way to remind us of the new life we can experience through Christ than having His death and resurrection happen in the spring. The very seasons we experience year round are a symbol of salvation and serve as reminder of what he has done for us.

This month as we celebrate the Easter holiday and the resurrection of Christ I urge everyone to look at the world around them. Look at the trees budding, the flowers blooming and take a moment to appreciate how the world around us testifies to the existence of God and the precious gift of eternal life that God has given us. The Scripture is correct when it says we have no excuse. Creation itself is evidence of our Creator. What more do we need?