Devotions with Lecrae: Don't Waste Your Life

This morning for devotions I was reading 1 Corinthians 15, specifically verses 12-34. This passage, especially the first few verses, is one of my favorites, and perhaps one of the most fundamental in the New Testament. In verses 12- 14, Paul writes:

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

After devotions, I turned on some music as I made breakfast and got ready for church.  The first song to come on was Lecrae's "Don't Waste Your Life", which you can listen to at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbQyQavqqMI

In the first verse Lecrae says: 

Paul said if Christ ain't resurrect then we wasted our lives       Well that implies that our life's built around Jesus being alive Everyday I'm trying to show the world why Christ is more than everything you'll ever try 

Basically he sums up what Paul says in 1 Corinthians, if there is no resurrection, then our preaching and our faith is utterly useless. Paul goes on later to say that if Christ has not been raised, our faith is futile, we are still in our sins. Then he builds to say that Christ has indeed been raised and we are made alive in him.

It was for me a great reminder of why we live and what we live for. Nothing can compare to the love of Christ, who died, and was resurrected for our sins. We often talk about Christ's sacrifice of dying on the cross for us, but at least for me, it's far less often that I celebrate his resurrection, which is the foundation of our faith.