The door you've been circling might already be open
Happy Easter.
Before you get to the eggs and the family supper, can I ask you something honest?
Is there a part of your life that feels stuck? Not broken, necessarily - just locked. Like the life you were hoping for is on the other side of a door you can’t quite open?
Most of us know that feeling. We carry it quietly - behind the smiles, behind the busy-ness, behind the version of ourselves we show the world.
This Easter Sunday at Maidenhead Salvation Army, I preached on exactly that. Because here’s what I believe the resurrection is really about. It isn’t just a story we tell once a year. It’s the announcement that in Jesus Christ, that door has been flung wide open.
In John 10, Jesus says something remarkable: “I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.” And in John 20, on the very first Easter evening, he walked straight through a locked door to reach a group of terrified, hiding disciples - and said simply, “Peace be with you.”
He still does.
Key takeaway: You don’t have to have your life sorted out before you step through. You can come as you are - with your fears, your failures, your doubts, your exhaustion - and find that the door is open. It always has been.
🎬 Watch the full Easter sermon here:
He is risen. The door is open. I hope it means something to you today.
Rob
P.S. This week’s daily devotionals pick up threads from this sermon and take them deeper - looking at the invisible prisons of pretending, unforgiveness, and fear. Hit subscribe if you’d like them in your inbox every morning.