The week following Holy Week often seems anti-climactic to me. There is at least a month of preparation and buildup to the events of Holy Week culminating in a legit party on Resurrection Sunday but then it's just Monday. Many of us go back to work or school if Easter did not fall within the scheduled Spring break. In some respects it is as if Sunday was special but only for a moment. Curious that, as a child, I did not see every Sunday service as celebration of our resurrected Savior or each day as an opportunity to show forth His glory.

In scripture, the Psalms tell us, “The heavens declare the glory of God…” (Ps. 19:1). Nature is impressive, breathtaking and inspires praise. What about us, image bearers of the Creator, “those created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph. 2:10)? How do we “declare the glory of God '' and “show forth His handiwork”? David instructed Israel in a psalm after retrieving the ark of the covenant and offering sacrifices to “declare His glory among the heathen; His marvelous works among the nations.” (1 Chron. 16:24). Be intentional and obvious about it! We may be used to proclaiming the goodness of God, His nature, and all He has done; but others are not. The Apostle Paul gives the churches at Ephesus and Colossae a similar admonishment:
 
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Col.5:15-17)
but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [[a]and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord, At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. (Eph. 5:18-20)

As followers of Christ, we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to show forth the glory of our Risen King – the King of Glory – as members of His Church and ambassadors of the Kingdom of God. Though the week following our celebration of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection may seem like a quick transition to the status quo, day-to-day activities, it was not that way in scripture. Christ appeared to His disciples! Expect to see our God in your life, the lives of those within your community, and in our world; and, most importantly, be sure to tell how God is showing up.