He saw it.
And said it scared him.
A CROSS covered with nails.
And I agreed with him.
I told him that seeing a CROSS covered in nails
is scary if you are the one who has to get on it.
He looked at me more afraid then when he came into the room
where we were setting up for the UNLEASHED conference,
as he was the banquet the manager.
But then I continued and told them that when we give our lives to JESUS
the CROSS is where we get to hang our "stuff" so we don't have to be hanging.
Not sure if he heard my words as he couldn't wait to leave the room.
What if you had to be nailed to a CROSS in order to live as
FORGIVEN, FAVORED & FREE?
Sounds scary to me. I would also run in the other direction.
But what if the where you were running to
brought you right back to
the CROSS with nails,~
would you see it instead as a crucifixion or an invitation?
Hmm.
An INVITATION~
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in ME will live, even though they die;
and whoever lives by believing in ME will never die
"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?" (John 11:26)
And you ask~
"What do I have to do?"
And JESUS responds~
. "DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?" (John 11:26)
And you then point to the CROSS with the nails
and ask HIM again~
"What do I have to do?"
And JESUS responds~
"The SON OF MAN will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes,
and they will condemn HIM to death and deliver HIM over to the Gentiles.
And they will mock HIM and spit on HIM, and flog HIM and kill HIM
And after three days HE will rise" (Mark 10:32-33)
And then you look at HIM
and ask one more time~
"What do I have to do?"
And JESUS looks into your eyes
and says
"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?" (John 11:26)
And then you look at the
CROSS
as it is no longer a scary place as it becomes a sacred place
of
EXPECTED JOY
because JESUS did what we don't have to do.
And all
HE asks is
. "DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?" (John 11:26)
Hmm.
THE CROSS~
Scary or Sacred?
So I wonder if the banquet manager was able to sleep
or was dreaming of a
CROSS covered in nails
that was calling his name.
I wonder if he called out to JESUS
to thank HIM
to do the impossible to make his life possible.
I wish he could have seen the
CROSS
on the following day
when it was covered will all the hanging paper rag dolls
with all the words of the of the lies, pain, hurt....
that each woman wrote on them,
that where nailed on the CROSS
because they answered
JESUS' INVITATION. of
"DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?" (John 11:26)
with a big
YES!
Oh my friend as we are on the
5th Day of Lent
don't allow
a response of NO to
any of JESUS TRUTHS
weigh you down.
If JESUS was standing between the
CROSS covered with nails and you,
what do you need to say
NO to by saying YES to JESUS
by nailing it to the cross
just because HE is asking you.
"Cast all your anxiety on HIM because HE cares for us” (I Peter 5:7)
And all it takes is
"I SAY YES" (listen to the song below)
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