on my way to work i listened as the fellow read from the gospel of mark, and Luke. he told that old story, a crowd is gathered and screaming. a man draws neer to see what the tumult is all about. just as he pushes his way through to the front to see he wishes he had never came to look at all. for he See's a man, beaten more then any before him. covered in blood, with a crown of thorns upon his head and a cross on his back. it is passable that just as this man has seen enough and would have left a roman guard grabs him and forces him to take up the cross for this man can bear it no more, and then in that moment part of the burden upon Jesus' back is lifted. this man has taken up his cross.
do we? do you? are you willing to or must God force you the way he forced this man?
if you are willing to take up this cross, no matter what the cost. just think of how you will be taking up part of the Lords burden by doing what ever he needs of you. part of the work that the lord is doing in the world for the kingdom will now fall upon your back, and lift ever so slightly the burden of the Lords task at hand. is that not worth the crushing force of a cross on your back, i say it is!
make you self willing to do the work of the Lord today, no matter what the cost!!
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Luke 14:27 - And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Jesus puts high standards on following Him. It's not simple enough to just sing a song saying you've decided to follow Him - there's going to be a cost involved.
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Acts 15:26 jumped out at me the other day. When looking for some men that were capable of getting some work done they chose men that "have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ". Appears these men understood the principle of picking up their cross, following the Lord, and living sacrificially...
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