“Whoever does not bear his cross and
come after Me cannot be My disciple.”
LUKE 14:27
Embracing
the
Cross is not a once-and-for-all act, but a daily attitude of knowing our
insufficiency in order to know the sufficiency of Christ. Jesus asks us
to take up the Cross “daily” (Luke 9:23) and Paul said “I die daily” (1
Corinthians 15:31). Since we daily meet with temptations, tests and
trials, so we must daily affirm and reaffirm who we are in Christ: the
crucified, dead, buried, resurrected, ascended and seated Branches of
the crucified, dead, buried, resurrected, ascended, and seated
Vine.
As
disciples we take up the Cross daily, which means we are always in a
state of surrender and submission to the Lord Jesus, constantly
forsaking our own way for His Way. This moment-by-moment yielding to Him
is summed up in this saying: “Not I, but Christ” (Galatians 2:20).
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