Good Friday

KIMG1070.JPGAnd He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
Luke 22:19 NKJB

Today is a remembering not only a cross but also of the life He freely gave.

In the presence of my enemies

Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies

For I received from the Lord what  I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took bread. 

1 Corinthians 11:23

As Jesus approached the table that His disciples had prepared they little imagined what they would share together that night. What we sometimes call the last supper could also be called the first. It was the first time Jesus would share the bread as a reminder of His body given for us. It was the first cup of the New Covenant purchased with His own blood. That night they had set the table but Jesus had prepared in His plans that first link in the chain of grace which we still celebrate today. Why is it that God chooses on the night of betrayal and in the presence of enemies to prepare our greatest blessings and to give His greatest gifts?