Death Has No More Sting

The sting of death—whether we are talking about literal death or simply the loss of something we valued—is found in its finality. That’s why it hurts so much to lose someone close to us or something important to us. We can never get back what we’ve lost, and that creates grief.

But what if death is not as final as we think? What if death has less power, less authority, less of a grasp on the human soul than our experience would lead us to believe?

The more I read the Bible and the longer I follow Jesus, the more I’ve seen this simple truth at work: what we think are endings are usually just beginnings. What we think is loss often turns out to be gain. What should be weakness somehow becomes strength. What was meant for evil results in good. Why? Because that’s how powerful and good God is. He has a way of turning the worst thing that could happen into the best thing that could happen.

Nowhere is this clearer than in the promise of heaven. When it comes to the human soul, the hope of life after death lies at the core of the gospel message. The death of the body seems insurmountable, but God promises us that someday, death itself will be defeated. Death is temporary; heaven is eternal. This is a core tenet of the Christian faith.

The Bible provides a divine glimpse of this truth. God’s promise is not just life until death, but life in death, through death, and after death.

The grave doesn’t get the last word. God does. One day death will be swallowed up in the victory of heaven. This is called the resurrection, and it’s when those who have died become alive again. Death is defeated once and for all, and life wins in the end.

Respond

If grief has robbed you of all confidence that this death you’re facing is not the end, ask God to speak to your heart through the Scriptures attached to this passage.