“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” (Galatians 6:14 KJV). Christians are called to allow the cross to form their lives; it is the cross of Jesus Christ. It cannot form me until I have embraced it as a way of life; that is called cruciform living. Jesus said that without taking up this cross, we cannot be His disciple. We keep trying; we look for detours around it. Cross-less thinking and cross-less living is messing up our message; it is destroying a true Christian witness.
“When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2 NRSV)
{From the NEW devotional book, “Sonlight for the Soul” by H. Lamar Smith, your devotional book for 2023. Available on Amazon, or contact me by email or private message for discounted quantity prices for gifts.}
