“He who does not take his cross and
follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”
MATTHEW 10:38
Are
you worthy of the Lord Jesus Christ? Hear what the Lord is saying here.
“If you do not take up your Cross and follow Me, you do
not deserve Me.”
It
is not merely a question of are we following Christ. The crux of the
matter is: have we taken up the Cross? There is an order to this call to
become disciples of Jesus Christ: first, we must take up our Cross;
only then may we follow after Him. It is not, “first follow Me, and
later take your Cross.” The Cross is step one. Our taking up the Cross
is basic to our following Christ, not something we are called to do
after
many years. The so-called “deeper Christian life” is but the normal
Christian life. Anything less is abnormal. There is no greater depth to
the Christian life but what God expects of all of us from the beginning.
If we are getting any “deeper” it is only because we have hitherto been
shallow. We must take our Cross and follow Jesus.
Source: "Embrace the Cross" by
Chip Brogden
http://www.chipbrogden.com/books/embrace-the-cross
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