WE GOT HIM.
Three words that cut through chaos.
Somewhere deep in hostile territory, everything changed in a moment.
A downed pilot. Isolated. Vulnerable. Waiting. Hoping. Praying someone was coming.
Then the call came back over the radio:
We got him.
Mission accomplished.
Target secured.
Life saved.
Those three words ripple outward.
They hit a man first—you’re not alone anymore.
Then a family—he’s coming home.
Then an entire military machine—everything we did mattered.
We got him means the story isn’t over.
It means rescue beat ruin.
It means someone went in when it was dangerous, costly, and uncertain—and didn’t come back empty.
But this morning… there’s another three-word phrase.
Stronger.
Deeper.
More final.
HE IS RISEN.
Not “we found him.”
Not “we recovered him.”
Not “we got there just in time.”
No—this is different.
This wasn’t a rescue from danger.
This was victory over death itself.
Jesus wasn’t waiting to be saved.
He walked straight into the grave—and then walked out.
He is risen doesn’t just change one man.
It doesn’t just ripple through one family.
It doesn’t just impact one nation.
It changes everything.
For everyone.
Because if death doesn’t win…
then fear doesn’t win.
sin doesn’t win.
your past doesn’t win.
You want to know what Easter really is?
It’s God saying:
We got you.
You were down.
Lost.
Cut off.
Behind enemy lines called sin, shame, and death.
And instead of writing you off…
He came for you.
Not from a distance.
Not with words alone.
He stepped into your territory.
Took your place.
Fought your battle.
And when the stone rolled away, heaven declared:
He is risen.
Which means the mission worked.
It means the rescue is real.
It means you’re not stuck where you are.
So wherever you are this morning—
in a church seat,
on your couch,
in the middle of doubt,
or buried under the weight of your own story—
Hear this:
You can come home.
Because He is risen means the door is open.
The price is paid.
The path is clear.
And God is still in the business of saying:
We got him.
We got her.
We got you.
This isn’t just a holiday.
This is your rescue story.
He is risen.
And because of that…
You’re coming home.
