What Will You Do?

Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified!

http://www.youversion.com/bible/esv/matt/27/22

In Matthew 27, Pilate asks the angry crowd what they should do with Jesus.  They have him, in their possession to do with as they please.  Their ansewer….crucify Him.


The very same question is posed to us as the church and believers as well.  We have Christ.  He is indeed in our possession because He lives in us.  We in fact, not only have the presence of Christ, but we are also entitled to the same power that rose Jesus from the grave.  I think we forget that sometimes.  What then shall we do with Jesus who is called the Christ?

What is your heart shouting?  Is it crying to crucify Him? (Matt. 15:8-This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me) Or does it cry something different?  Does your heart shout with the power of Christ that brought Jesus back from dead?  Does it speak of ways to honor Him with your heart and your lips, through actions both in spirit and in truth? 

One of my biggest pet peeves in ministry is people who have the power of Christ, Christ in them, who live as though they are powerless.  We often times act like the catepillar who turns into a butterfly but still thinks they are the catepillar, rolling in the dirt and not flying (Francis Chan illustration).

You are a NEW creation, not the same, and NOT powerless.  You are powerful! The same power that caused the earth to shake and for demons to run is the same power that is within you!  Church….big C Church…let’s stop acting like we can only do so much.  We can NOT do so little!  We have Jesus right in front of us….with us…in us.  Let’s start acting like it! 



What will you do?