I've Got the Blues: Devotions From Time of Grace MinistrySample

WHOM ARE WE WORSHIPING?: GOD CONTROLS DEATH

When you're making a list of the things that make the world look out of control, surely death will be near the top. What is more terrifying than seeing someone you love in a coffin or watching your own life slip away? Are you afraid of death?

In Luke 7:11-17, the Bible tells the story of how Jesus interrupted a funeral procession leaving the little town of Nain. First He told the sobbing mother, "Don't cry." Then He did something even more arresting – He raised the corpse of her son back to life.

It is Jesus' intention to give each of you that same gift – resurrection of your body and life forever with Him. Every coffin will be opened by our Lord – not in a ghoulish way as a grave robber, but as a grave liberator.

Ever noticed how funeral directors make the casket look like a comfy bed where the deceased is just taking a little nap? I kind of like it that way. When it's a Christian in there, that's what it is. Don't cry.