Today’s
Text: John 12:23-27
Jesus replied, “Now the time has come for the Son of Man to
enter into his glory. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is
planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many
new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. (Vrs 23-24)
Words
of Devotion
We all know that Jesus
walked the road to Calvary, but did you know that believers also journey to the
cross? We've all been positionally crucified with Christ, but those who hunger
for Him participate in a deeper experience of this reality. Jesus lovingly
takes their hand and leads them to the cross. Even though this is the last
place anyone wants to go, it's the only way to partake of God's best for our
lives.
The trip to the cross is
not one you take with family and friends. It's a lonely journey with just you
and Jesus. He strips away everyone and everything you've depended on so that
you'll learn to rely only on Him. While we're at the cross, He uncovers layer
after layer of self-deception until we begin to see ourselves as He does. Soon
our self-centeredness, inadequacy, and failures are laid bare.
The cross is a place of
brokenness, but it's necessary because there's no other way we'll ever bear
fruit. If we hang onto our lives and refuse to take this journey, we'll be like
a grain of wheat that is never planted and never grows. But those who willingly
die to themselves will produce an abundance of spiritual fruit. The only way
Christ can live His life through us is if we've allowed ourselves to be
crucified.
God doesn't want you to be
content with just your salvation. There's so much more He desires to give you
and accomplish through you. Are you willing to take the road to the cross with
Him? Yes, it's painful, but the rewards in this life and in eternity far
outweigh any suffering you will experience.
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