Easter comes this year as early as it can on the calendar.  Easter is a season of spring breaks and getting ready for warmer weather.  It is a season for tulips and robins and mud and spring cleaning.  Its also a season when people go shopping for warmer clothes.

But did you ever think of it being a season of revival in a person’s spiritual life? As people begin to look outward from the winter seclusion, it is also often a time when people attempt to make improvements in their homes as well as their lives.  The cross is all about improvements in the life of a believer.  The Book of Ephesians is a great teaching about the believer being in an exalted spiritual position.  But it ends by challenging the reader to live according to this exalted spiritual position.  Its a challenge to a life of holiness that draws attention to Jesus, not us.

The classic parable of the Prodigal Son is also a story of personal improvement.  The son went back home, but his attitude was never the same.  He was now the new and improved version.  When Legion was delivered of the multitude of demons, his life was dramatically improved.  Prior to the resurrection, Peter cowardly denied Jesus three times.  After the resurrection, the same Peter boldly declared the resurrection of Christ before multitudes.  His ministry had been vastly improved.

Let’s take some time this Easter season to do some spring cleaning inwardly.  Let’s be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

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