NEXT 7 DAYS

The NEXT 7 days.

7 days. One week. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a colt while the crowds shouted “Hosanna!” 7 days later Jesus walked out of an empty tomb. The entire world changed in 7 days. The course of human history, past, present and future, is defined by these 7 days. In 7 days God created all that we can see and even what we cannot see. And in 7 days Jesus rescued…redeemed…set in motion the restoration of that same creation.

If that is the kind of thing that God can do in 7 days, what could he do in this coming week? What could he do in the world in the next 7 days? What could he do in our own lives in the next 7 days? That depends, at least in part, on how we respond to the 7 days that Mark wrote about at the end of his Gospel. You and I must decide what we believe about all of this but one thing is certain…these 7 days cannot be denied or dismissed or ignored. Nothing has been the same since these 7 days. Will you be the same after having heard about these 7 days?

What now? What NEXT? How will you respond to these 7 days?

When Lent is over…when the last page of the prayer and fasting guide has been turned…when Easter is finished…what then?

Those 7 days were just the beginning. How we respond to those 7 days makes all the difference. Here are 7 suggestions for what to do next in light of the 7 days that changed everything…