Day 57 - The Drama of the Gospel
As a follower of Christ, your life story is a part of a much bigger story. Your very existence is a part of God’s redemptive drama that has been playing out since before the beginning of time. We must never lose our sense of wonder and joy at being a part of the drama of the Great Story.
The Lord has created us with five senses and He’s designed wonderful acts of worship that are a feast for all five senses. God doesn’t want the gospel just to be heard—He wants it to be experienced with our eyes, our ears, our sense of smell, and with our sense of touch and taste. Every time a new believer is baptized by immersion, there is a glorious retelling of the gospel story. That’s why Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit…†(Matthew 28:19) The new believer is plunged beneath the water, symbolizing the death and burial of Jesus, and when they are raised out of the water—it symbolizes Jesus’ triumph over the grave.
As we gather at the Lord’s Table today, we’re touching and tasting the gospel. The simple act of taking the bread and the juice into our bodies is a powerful retelling of the Great Story.
The woman in Matthew 26 understood the power of drama. “A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table.†(Matthew 26:7)
Today, in the Lord’s House, let us retell the Great Story and rejoice together as we experience the drama of the Gospel.
Today’s Scripture Promise: “Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her” (Matthew 26:13)