“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).
Source: “Embrace the Cross” by Chip Brogden
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