IN THE BEGINNING…THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, MARCH 19, 2012TAKING THE CROSS
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24
The followers of Christ will walk in the similitude of
Christ. We will suffer pain,
persecution, isolation and be gazingstocks as we glorify God. But let us not fear the cross, the call to
public suffering; but like those before us, let us count it a privilege to
suffer shame for his name. Truly, it is
in the losing of one’s life that one finds the greater treasure of Heaven;
then, too, we find the purpose of our existence: peace with God, eternal hope, and to behold
and worship the majesty and glory of the Father.
Today, let us not fear taking the cross.
