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A vacationing family drives along in their car windows rolled down, enjoying the warm breeze of the sunny day. And all of a sudden a big black bee darts in the window and starts buzzing around inside the car. A little girl, highly allergic to bee stings, cringes in the back seat. If she is stung, she could die within an hour. Ohh Daddy, she squeals in terror. It’s a bee. It’s going to sting me. The father pulls the car over to a stop and reaches back to try to catch the bee. Buzzing around toward him, the bee bumps against the front windshield, where the father traps it in his fist. Holding it in his closed hand, the father waits for the inevitable sting. The bee stings the father’s hand and in pain the father lets go of the bee. The bee is loose in the car again, the little girl again panics. Daddy is going to sting me. The father gently says, no honey, he’s not going to sting you. Now look at my hand. The bee stingers is there in his hand. Paul exalted in first Corinthians 15:55, “Where, oh, death is your victory. Where oh, death is your sting.” Jesus says to us. Look at my hands. He has Satan’s sting. The sting of death, the sting of sin, the sting of deceit, the sting of feeling worthless. Jesus has all of those stingers in his hands. When you see that nail scarred hand, realize on your behalf Jesus took all the pain that Satan could throw at him. He reduced Satan to a big black bee that’s lost its stinger. All Satan can do is buzz. That’s the victory that Jesus won for you. Captain Ken Chapman.
