Devotion:
Read 1 Corinthians 15:50-58.
What comes to mind when you hear a trumpet? A song by Louis Armstrong? Taps played at a funeral? People alive when Paul wrote to the Corinthians knew that a trumpet was always blown to signal the start of great festivals and other extraordinary events. Paul writes of a trumpet sound that will bring really good news for Christians! On the day Christ returns, a trumpet will sound and in the blink of an eye those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. Immediately our bodies will be transformed. Paul describes how much more wonderful the Christian's resurrection body will be compared to the bodies we've had in this life. As we get older, our bodies begin to fail. We become frail and have limitations on what we could once easily do, but when Christ returns, our transformed bodies will not have disabilities, will never die, and won’t become sick. We praise God for victory over sin and death he gives us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s be thankful for the promise that we, as Christians, in both this life and the next, belong to God.
Personal Worship Option:
As you look forward to new life in Christ, commit to living this life following Paul’s words in verse 58: “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
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