Devotional Reading

Power  of  the Cross.


 Scripture:   Galatians 6:14 (KJV) “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”
 
     Only a person with a perfect knowledge of mankind could have dared to set forth the terms of discipleship that our Lord Jesus Christ expects of His followers.
 
Only the Lord of men could have risked the effect of such rigorous demands: "Let him deny himself" (Matthew 16:24).
 
Can the Lord lay down such severe rules at the door of His kingdom?
 
He can and He does!
 
If He is to save the man, He must save him from himself. It is the "himself" which has enslaved and corrupted the man. Deliverance comes only by denial of that self.

No man in his own strength can shed the chains with which self has bound him, but in the next breath the Lord reveals the source of the power which is to set the soul free: "Let him take up his cross."

The cross was an instrument of death slaying a man was its only function. "Let him take his cross," said Jesus, and thus he will know deliverance from himself!
 
My Prayer:  Dear Lord, I have much to learn about denying myself and bearing my cross daily, especially in the midst of so many mundane activities. Have Your way with me, Lord.
 
MT/FGMBC/PAH. 3/31/2026