Are you repulsed by the
thought of crucifixion? I am. But I also know that when I look into the eyes of
Jesus I see the cross! And He has said to me, "Anne, if you want to be My
disciple, if you want to follow Me, you must deny yourself, take up your cross
and follow Me. Because if you want to save your life, you're going to lose it
in the end. If you choose to lose your life for Me, you will find it. For what
good will it do you if you gain the whole world, yet forfeit your soul?"
(Matthew 16:24-26 paraphrased)
The cross that Jesus
commands you and me to carry is the cross of submissive obedience to the will
of God, even when His will includes suffering and hardship and things we don't
want to do. It is a willingness to totally, absolutely, irrevocably, and
finally yield our lives to Him because we want what He wants more than what we
want.
-- Anne Graham Lotz in Just Give Me Jesus
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