Daily devotion – Easter is coming.
The Meaning of Easter
Easter is drawing near, and here in Western Australia the season quietly shifts into autumn. With it comes our annual return to the cruel Cross of Calvary. The greatest event in the history of the world is about to be remembered and celebrated by the Church.
Easter demands our full attention. The events that took place some 2,000 years ago must never be reduced to a mere holiday. Nor should it become a time where we simply attend church while our minds are preoccupied with other “important” things waiting for us afterward.
Easter represents the culmination of God’s plan to save sinners from eternal separation from Him. The God who created us, who breathed life into our souls, allowed His Son, Jesus Christ, to be brutally treated—mocked, rejected, disowned, and ultimately crucified—by His own creation.
As a young child, I loved Palm Sunday. The church would be adorned with palm branches, their fragrance filling the air. Each of us children would receive a small handmade cross, lovingly prepared by the women of the church. I treasured those little crosses, keeping them safely tucked inside my small Bible.
But Palm Sunday gave way to Good Friday.
And every Good Friday evening, I would sit in my room and weep. I could not understand why Jesus was treated so cruelly—why no one came to help Him, why no one stopped the suffering, the scourging, the cross. As a child, I wrestled with the question: Why did this happen?
Years later, when I came to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, the answer became clear through the Word of God.
He did it for me.
It was my sin that placed Him on that Cross. His suffering was not meaningless—it was deeply personal. The Cross was the price required for my forgiveness and my salvation.
That is why Easter is so profoundly moving. It happened because of me—and because of you.
The pain, the sacrifice, the unimaginable suffering—each part was necessary to demonstrate the greatest act of love and grace this fallen world has ever known.
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8
My prayer is that this Easter, you and your family will once again be deeply moved—not by tradition, but by truth. May your hearts be stirred afresh by the reality of the Cross, and the immeasurable love revealed through Jesus Christ.
The events of Easter not only demand our attention because of its pain and suffering, but also Easter deserves our full attention, for the Christ who hung and died on that cruel Cross gave us His full attention and so much more!