Worthy of it all
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Jesus did not ask us to take up his cross, or someone else’s cross. He told us to take up our cross.
We were reminded yesterday at LGC that your cross will not be the same as my cross. As God continued to bring out this theme of sacrifice, Rita showed us that we are all called to different roles, different callings. But it means being willing to take up the cross we were created to carry.
‘Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.’ (Matthew 16:24-25)
Rita’s ‘prophetic-preach’ encouraged us to respond to four key callings:
- Called to rise up in sacrificial obedience - we choose to obey not just because we must do what we are told. Obedience means we walk in his covering and protection.
- Called to rise up in sacrificial faith - we choose to believe Him above belief in ourselves.
- Called to rise up in sacrificial love - love is above all things and will reach the many thousands.
- Called to rise up in sacrificial praise - praise offered in pain means so much to the Father.
I believe God’s prophetic word is dealing with long-entrenched issues which has caused people to withhold giving their all to Him - hurt, disappointments, shame, materialism, fear, to name a few. I am believing for, to quote Abraham, ‘a new birth of freedom’ at LGC. (By Abraham, I of course mean Abraham Lincoln!).