Jesus hid himself when they were going to take Him by force and make Him king. Their terms? A bread giving Messiah! For Jesus, the cross was essential to His kingdom. Jesus will not become our King on our terms. We cannot dictate the kind of King He will be. We must make a full surrender to His Lordship and we too must go the way of the cross, or as he said, “You cannot be my disciple.”
“Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.” John 6:15 (ESV)
