Easter is a celebration of a God who gave it all for His people. God sent His own Son into the world for the purpose of being sacrificed for our redemption.

That thought should cause us to tremble in adoration. As Philippians 2:6-8 says "

Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!

Jesus, the divine Son of God, the only Son, gave Himself up for me. He made himself nothing.

There is only one response to that kind of love. I must give everything back to Him.

The gospel does not leave us the option of mere intellectual belief. The knowledge of this self-giving God should grab my heart and leave me desperate to know Him more and to serve Him with every part of my life.

Similarly we cannot afford to just have faith as an "add-on" part of our lives, squeezed into a busy lifestyle like some kind of benign hobby.

Resurrection comes via the cross. New Life starts with dying to ourselves.

It's time. If you have never given everything over to Jesus, then decide to do it now.