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Say What?!
When I was a kid the one thing I was the best at was being mediocre at everything.
But I wanted to be the best at something.
Like for real.
I was good at sports.
But not the best.
I was good at school but not the best.
Every year I competed in math field day and got second place.
EVERY YEAR!
So, I decided I was going to be the best at drawing.
there was a problem, I sucked at drawing.
So, I traced everything and told everyone that I had drawn it myself…
however, eventually I got pretty good at ACTUALLY drawing.
But still not the best.
through the years what I chose to do for fun and relaxation has changed.
It went from sports in middle school and high school to hanging out with friends and having tea parties in college to reading books while drinking tea alone and woodworking now.
Today I was thinking about the things i’ve built and the things I’d like to build.
And due to the lesson today my mind went to the cross.
I’ve never built a cross.
I’ve never had a reason to.
I’ve seen crosses, I’ve touched them, but I’ve never built one.
So, today, I did.
When I built it I cut it into the right lengths.
I cut it so they’d fit together and then I had to sand off some rough edges so it would fit into place.
Why?
Because one of my favorite sets of verses fits right into the series we are in now.
Luke 9:34-34
SAY WHAT?!
-34
Let’s break it down a little…
One thing is clear, there are two different things being contrasted here.
Let’s call it “LIFE 1” and “LIFE 2”
Let’s start with the cross…
___________ Come give me a hand please, can you help me pick this up?
(situate cross in right place)
Thanks.
One thing is clear, there are two different things being contrasted here.
Let’s call it “LIFE 1” and “LIFE 2”
________ was the cross light?
Would you like to carry that everywhere all the time?
No, it would suck.
Period.
Last week Justin talked about the “follow me” portion.
Darrel Bock says in the NIV Application Commentary on Luke…:
Materialism and the pursuit of power, independence, and security are probably the biggest obstacles to spiritual advancement.
Everything in our culture from commercials to our education pushes us in the direction of advancing our standing of living for more comfort.
To pick up a cross means walking against the grain of cultural values, so that our own expectations and needs take a back seat to God’s call.
Materialism and the pursuit of power, independence, and security are probably the biggest obstacles to spiritual advancement.
Everything in our culture from commercials to our education pushes us in the direction of advancing our standing of living for more comfort.
To pick up a cross means walking against the grain of cultural values, so that our own expectations and needs take a back seat to God’s call.
Some things we may have seen as ours by natural right may need to be renounced because they represent a subtle form of idolatry.
The Spirit guides us into seeing things differently than we did before.
Bearing a cross may mean leaving behind dreams created for us long ago by a citizenship we have now left behind.
What does it mean to live for your self now… It’s me, trying to be the best at something.
I wanted it because I wanted...
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But, let’s contrast it to what we can expect in the here and now from the “take up the cross” point...
Cross
Pain
Resentment
Persecution
But what can we expect.
What’s really at stake here… the verse speaks in the future tense...
well, if we live for self we can expect:
Death
23
Seperation
Pain
John
Pain
Punishment
But if we live for Christ we can expect;
Eternal Life
john 3:16
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God’s Presence
Renewal:
In the moment, in the here and the now, living for God seems tough.
But it’s worth it.
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