Friday; March 6


          If you are a Texan, today is a significant day for you.  It was on March 6, 1836 that the forces of the Mexican army led by Santa Anna finally defeated the volunteers who had occupied the Alamo in San Antonio.  The rag-tag band of renegades held off the professional soldiers for thirteen days, but they were finally overpowered.  While this might seem like a day to be mourned, something odd happened on that day.  Rising from a memory of this heroism came the cry, “Remember the Alamo” and a commitment to defeat the Mexican troops.  The independence of Texas wouldn’t come for several years, but this event would play an important (emotional) role in what would happen in the 1840s.
          As I thought about the Alamo, I got to thinking about another seemingly devastating event that eventually became a significant event in spiritual history.  You see, on the day Jesus was crucified, it seemed like the end was near for His band of disciples.  Yet, within the next few years these people would overcome the crisis that appeared to be a loss and turn it into an act of victory.  Through God’s guidance, Jesus’ crucifixion would be a part of a process that would overcome sin and overtake the world.  In describing this incredible change of events, the Apostle Paul would issue another battle cry, “But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?’” (I Corinthians 15:54-55).
          The Texans and Mexicans have made peace through the years, but when it comes to Christians and satan, we are still at war.  Let’s make sure to celebrate Jesus’ victory over the cross and use it as a reminder of His power and heroism.
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