“We are the Champions!” That’s a common theme throughout history, isn’t it? The fleeting nature of victory. Just ask Napoleon. Ask Hitler. Ask the Great British Empire. Even those individuals that maintain their grasp on power, money, and prestige their whole life soon find that they can’t take it with them. Death is imminent. You can’t avoid it. The glory of this world is fleeting. But there is a victory that lasts, a victory that nobody can take away ... a victory that doesn’t end at death. It’s the victory that we will see once again tomorrow morning. Easter morning! Through the efforts of our risen Lord Jesus, sin and death have been conquered.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:56-57).
Therefore, my sisters and brothers of the LWML, thank God with your every thought, word, and action. Tomorrow, on Easter Sunday, hold on to Christ your risen Lord in Word and Sacrament, because in Him, “We are The Champions!” Amen.
