January
11
As for me, may I never
boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that
cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world's interest
in me has also died (Galatians 6:14 NLT).
A truly crucified people
are never in danger of the world. It is only when the Cross has not done its
work that the world has a place. The world has no place with a crucified man or
woman, or a crucified company of believers. The Cross is a great defensive
against the world. If you want to keep the world out, put the Cross in
its place. If the Cross is truly in its place in fullness, then
everything else will come into order. The Cross is the great
defensive against the world. The Cross is the great defensive
against evil powers. The Cross makes everything safe; it makes
everything safe for the Lord.
You see, the Lord wants
to commit Himself. He wants to entrust Himself to His people, but if the Cross is
not there at work, the Lord cannot entrust Himself to them. The Lord says,
"It is not safe for Me to give Myself there, or I should be involved in
their un-crucified condition." The Cross makes everything safe for the
Lord, and the Cross makes everything safe for the Church. If the Cross is
really at work in all of us, we can trust one another. It is quite safe to
trust yourself to a crucified man or woman.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: The Altar (The Cross) Governs
Everything
This photograph is by Eric Jonas Swensson of Sound Shore Media.
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