Take Up Your Cross

I don't know about you but for me, I have heard alot of sermons concerning the cross and what it has done for me. 

Some I've taken to heart; and some I couldn't care less for; and some that has confused me and pushed me to the brinks of giving it all up and go for broke. 

However there is one thing I've learned, I must keep going on, putting things up on a shelf until God sends something to define what I've questioned Him about. It's all about that awe huh moment when something hits your spirit and you just got it. 

So when I came across this little devotional about the cross, it was a light bulb moment for me only strenghening what I already had in my spirit and I wanted to share it.

God Bless.

Take Up Your Cross

August 10

God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.- Galatians 6:14, NKJV

The cross is not just a symbol of love or a fashion statement. The cross is your daily decision to deny yourself,

your rights,

your wants,

your dreams,

your plans,

your goals,

and deliberately, wholeheartedly, unreservedly live out your commitment to His will and His way and His Word and His wisdom. The cross is your decision to live for Jesus. Period. No “ifs,” “ands,” “buts,” or “maybes.”

Would you take up your cross . . . every day . . . and follow Him.

Ann Graham Lotz

From Just Give Me Jesus