The song “Jesus Paid It All” is one of my favorite songs of all time. It is especially powerful in this season of Lent and Easter because it talks about Jesus’s sacrifice and its effect on all of our lives. My favorite part of the modern arrangement of the song is the bridge in which we sing “Oh praise The One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead!” This is an important truth that we need to remember on Easter.
When Jesus died and then was raised again to life, He was not only giving life back to Himself, He was giving life to all people. It’s as if when he started breathing again and walked out of the tomb, something inside each person on Earth was also awakened. Without his sacrifice, we would never have been able to be truly alive. We would have been mere zombies walking around. I don’t know if you know anything about zombies, but the gist is they walk around never fully aware of their surroundings, grabbing at any type of nourishment they can get their hands on, and no matter what they are never satisfied. This is how our lives would be without Christ’s sacrifice: Dissatisfying and ultimately meaningless.
Through Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross, we can be satisfied and alive in Him! We are not slaves to sin and to death but have a future and a hope. Ephesians 5:8 says “For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!” As we go through this final week before Easter, take time to dwell on all that happened on the third day. Think about the millions of “first breaths” that can be taken because Jesus came back to life. He paid your debt on the cross and raised you from death to life! Alleluia!
- Kendra Mikols
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