Wonderful Irony

God works in wonderful ironies in showing his power. He uses the small to defeat the large, death to give life. This was apparent when the young David overcame the giant, Goliath. A small stone in a sling brought down the daunting giant, then; David took the giant’s sword, the very symbol of his great strength and power and used it to cut off Goliath’s head, defeating him with his own weapon of destruction. Satan used deceit and deception to bring the full force of Rome down on Jesus leading to Jesus’ crucifixion on a cross, Rome’s ultimate symbol of pain and death. Jesus, like David use the weapon that was to destroy him as the very thing to defeat Satan’s plan and the conquer death. In turn, Jesus used the weapon Satan chose to destroy him, the cross, and turned it from a symbol of death to one of everlasting life giving hope to those who believe in and put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. We have come to that part of our service where we remember the last time Jesus sat and ate with his disciples where he took the bread and the fruit of the vine and made it a symbol of his broke body and blood spilled as a sacrifice for our sins. These emblems we use to weekly remind ourselves of mercy and love shown by a sacrificing savior. If you have made Jesus your Lord and Savior, we ask you to join us as we pass the trays.