Picture this. The flowers are blooming. The spring rain is misting. The sun has seemed brighter. The birds are soaring. The days start to be longer. It’s just that time of the year, again. I am here for it!

Springtime is a time like no other. It’s the time when we can look all around us and see the beauty of God’s creation blooming everywhere you look.

Springtime also means that beautiful Easter Sunday morning is soon approaching. Have you ever stopped to think about how Jesus must have felt on that Good Friday, when He knew He would be dying for all of our sins? Can you imagine how surreal that “yes” must have felt for Him to answer? His “yes” was greater than any of the “yes” answers He asks of us. At the Lord’s Supper, it was clear that He didn’t want to say “yes”, but He responded with “your will be done”.

Have you ever had a point in your life that required a courageous and bold decision to say “yes”? Can you recall the tug of Jesus at your heart to say “yes” to that new job, new house, new career, maybe a deployment, a new church family, or maybe a new baby or life change Jesus is calling you to follow through on?

Galatians 1:4 tells us, “He who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.” By Jesus saying “yes” to giving Himself for our sins, He gave all of us the gift of eternal life waiting at the end of us saying “yes” to allowing Jesus into our heart and life and believing in Him.

Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.”

Our life is full of many choices that we must say “yes” to. While the most important “yes” you will ever choose will be accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He has many more times He wants us to say “yes” to Him throughout our life here on Earth. He will reward you for seeking Him in all that you do.

This upcoming Easter season, remind yourself that Jesus answered the ultimate “yes” to dying for our sins, so we must answer “yes” to that tug on your heart to that thing that Jesus is calling you to do. Just do the thing He is asking you to do. By following His plan for you, a fulfilling, long life will follow. Just say “yes” to Jesus as He said “yes” to dying for your sins.