A little boy and his father were driving down a country road on a beautiful spring afternoon. Suddenly out of nowhere a bumblebee flew in the car window. Since the little boy was deathly allergic to bee stings, he became petrified. Suddenly, the father quickly reached out, grabbed the bee, squeezed it in his hand, and then released it.
As soon as he let it go, the young son became frantic once again as it buzzed by the little boy. His father saw his panic-stricken face and again the father reached out, but this time he opened his hand. There still stuck in his skin was the stinger of the bee.
He said to his son. "You don't need to be afraid anymore. I've taken the sting for you."
The worker honey bees are armed with straight, barbed stingers, so that when a worker stings, the barbed, needle sharp organ remains firmly anchored in the flesh of its victim. In trying to withdraw the stinger, the bee tears its internal organs and dies shortly thereafter. And this is the message of Easter.
We do not need to be afraid of death anymore. Christ faced death for us. And by His victory, we are saved from sin. Christ has taken the sting! 1 Corinthians 15:55 asks: "“O Death, where is your sting? O Grave where is your victory?”
Christ has taken the stinger for us. He has risen!
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