“Christ’s peace gives His followers the presence of mind to recognize His very presence.”
Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 6, 2026
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:21-22
Easter Monday has a way of quietly humbling the soul. Yesterday, the sanctuary was electric — voices lifted, hearts soaring, the triumphant truth of an empty tomb filling every corner. But this morning, the alarm clock rang with its usual indifference. The laundry waited. The inbox filled. And somewhere between the coffee and the commute, the spiritual high began its inevitable fade. So, what do we do with Monday? The disciples faced the same disorienting question. They had just watched their Lord be arrested, tried, and crucified. They had locked themselves behind closed doors, trembling, unsure of what any of it meant. And then, into that fear-soaked room, Jesus walked. Not as a ghost. Not as a distant memory. But wounded, present, and inexplicably alive.
He didn’t lecture them for hiding. He didn’t shame them for doubting. His first words were a gift: “Peace be with you.” Not the superficial peace the world offers, the kind that depends on circumstances cooperating. This was a deep, settling peace, the kind that stills a shaking heart and clears a clouded mind. Christ’s peace gives His followers the presence of mind to recognize His very presence. Then he did something extraordinary. He breathed on them. It was an unmistakable echo of Genesis, when God breathed life into Adam’s nostrils. Now the risen Christ breathed new life into His frightened disciples. With that single, sacred breath came the Holy Spirit, and with the Spirit came a commission: ‘As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
George Herbert’s opening lines of his poem “Easter,” reveal the heart of resurrected living, “Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise: That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more, just.” Death reduced to dust, His risen life refines us into His glory.
This is the answer to Easter Monday. We are not called to simply remember the resurrection; we are called to live through its power. And living in resurrection power is not passive. It doesn’t mean sitting quietly with a feeling until it fades. It looks like ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the name of an extraordinary God. The early church understood this. Acts 4 tells us that with great power, the apostles testified to the risen Lord, and God’s grace was so clearly at work among them that the community’s needs were met by everyone’s generosity. The resurrection didn’t just change what they believed. It changed how they lived.
The devil is content to let us celebrate Easter on Sunday as long as we forget about it by Monday. He enjoys stirring the internal debate: Am I doing too much? Too little? What will people think? Because every moment spent in that debate is a moment lost for the Kingdom. But we don’t have to be paralyzed. By faith, empowered by the same Spirit breathed into those first disciples, we can pray for the person who needs peace. We can extend kindness that draws someone toward Jesus. We can make Monday about others. The resurrection is not just a moment; it’s a way of life. Go live a life of love in the power of the Holy Spirit.
“With great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4:33).
Prayer
Lord, by the same power that raised Christ from the dead, raise me daily from fear, selfishness, and doubt. Fill me with Your Spirit, send me to others, and make my Monday match my Easter. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Application
What are you facing that requires you to be bold by living out the resurrected life of Christ within you?
Related Reading
Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:19-20; Philippians 3:10-11; Colossians 3:1
Worship Resource
Acoustic Elevation Worship: Resurrecting
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