Reflection for the Week- July 13th 2009
To follow after Jesus is to deny oneself and to take up one’s cross. A denial of self does not mean to become a zero or selfless, but is stressing the necessity of setting aside one’s self-centered interests, especially with regard to messianic ideology. That is, the tendency of turning Jesus the Messiah into a savior of one’s own making, instead of a focusing on and embracing the things of God. In doing the latter the result will be cross taking, which translates into life receiving.
Dr. Gregory J. Laughery
Dr. Gregory J. Laughery