Living Zombies

While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement. But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat. Mark 5:35-43

Are you afraid of the zombie apocalypse? It seems like there are a lot of people today that swear zombies are real and will one day destroy all humanity and take over the world. There are many books and movies that fuel this world-wide belief and doomsday peppers are even preparing for the eventual attack of the walking dead…

I for one am not the least bit afraid of a looming zombie apocalypse. I think that I’m intelligent enough and quick enough to get away from slow moving creatures with no intelligence to speak of; if this absurd, fictional waking actually occurred.

In fact, the whole concept of a pandemic that causes dead people to reanimate and search out human flesh for sustenance doesn’t score very high on my plausibility scale, but I will tell you that zombies are very real…because I used to be one and if you are a Christian then you used to be one too.

“Corpses, dead in life, buried by transgressions, wandering the course of this perverse world. You were the offspring of the prince of the power of air—oh, how he owned you, just as he still controls those living in disobedience.” Ephesians 2:1-2

Yep, that was me and you…before we met Jesus; dead souls, literally reanimated by Satan, and even though we breathed, talked and walked this world, our spirit was dead as a door nail. And that is the condition of everyone who hasn’t trusted in Jesus as savior and Lord. Walking, talking, breathing spiritual zombies.

When Jesus walked the earth, He had a bad habit of ruining perfectly good funerals. People in his day went to great expense to hire wailers (women who were paid to mourn and cry very loudly at funerals to give the appearance that the dead person was loved). And then along comes Jesus and commands the dead person to get up.

That’s right…There is simply no reason to fear death because Jesus has power over it. 

Just as Jesus raised Jiarus’ daughter from physical death, he can raise you and me from our spiritual death and set us on a new course in life.

If you’ve never trusted Christ as Lord and savior you can do so today by praying a simple prayer of faith. Don’t be a spiritual zombie, give your life to Jesus today and rejoin the land of the living.