SHOULDER YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME!

TODAY’S SCRIPTURES: ” If any of you want to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross daily and follow Me.” Luke 9:23

” And if you do not carry your own cross and follow Me, you cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27

TODAY’S MESSAGE: There is a cost in following Jesus. We must wholeheartedly believe in his death on the cross, believe for what his purpose was for dying on the cross, and believe that he delivers on all of his promises. In our own daily lives, we must be able to bow to the will of God. We must be able to hear him talking to us in our lives and we must be willing to carry out his directions for us to complete. There are good times and there are hard times as we grow into our relationship with Jesus. It is in the worst of times when we are tested. It is then when we are to be able to let him shoulder the problems we are going through and have the faith to allow him to function in our life. We are to do away with the moaning and groaning we hear so many do when life is hard for them. We are to allow joy to penetrate our thoughts and actions. I can assure you that this is not easy. It takes a different kind of discipline and belief. When shouldering our own cross we are to mirror what Jesus did when he carried his. He did not gripe to God and groan about every hurtful thing that was said about him. He wasn’t a display of weakness when his cross became too heavy. He didn’t get angry with God and kick the dust every time something didn’t go his way. We should not do these things either. We are the bible to many people in this world. The way we shoulder our problems should be an example to those around us. We must be able to carry our own crosses with the dignity and poise that Jesus demonstrated for us. It is time to build. It is time to take faith to the next level. It is time to believe because Jesus is the source that we plug into. It is time to live the faith we profess and show that faith with the strength of our everlasting God in heaven! PRAISE THE LORD I N ALL THINGS!