There’s not much you can do with two planks and three nails. I know this because my grandfather was a carpenter. Three nails are so limiting. What could we humanly achieve with two planks and three nails? However, I know a man, who walked with twelve men, who was able to do something wonderfully miraculous with these limited resources.
I guess if we put it into perspective, it is really hard to try to create something beautiful. More than two thousand years ago, a man decided to create a beautifully painful picture that consisted of two planks and three nails. He crafted it beautifully, so much so that even the twelve men who followed him, had questions. I sure know that I would have questions too!
I know that my questions would be different to theirs. My questions would be something like:
Why the cross?
If I had it my way, I would have walked and talked to this man for all my days. Yet, Jesus chose the cross for all humanity just to get a glimpse of His love. It was the biggest representation and symbol of love that He could possibly give you. So why the cross, Jesus? I suppose to show you that nobody would ever be able to love you the way He does. That even though He crafted the cross, He decided that you are worth more than just a beautifully crafted cross.
The cross was a symbol of suffering, but you were worth dying for. That’s why it’s beautifully crafted; it is a reminder that in the midst of our disaster and pain, there is always hope.
What does hope mean?
Hope means to trust, it means to be expectant for a certain situation or thing. It also means to wait!
I know that in our ‘two-minute noodle’ world, it’s become hard to wait, to trust and to hope. It’s become hard to even expect anything from anyone, because we no longer know what trust is. But, I know if we can put our hope in Jesus, He’ll be able to exceed all of our expectations. He’ll turn the pain into prosperity and the lack into an overflow of abundance.
If He was able to turn the two planks and three nails into a cross, and sacrifice Himself for me and you, How much more would He not do for you and I? You are beautifully crafted by the exact man who crafted the cross.
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