
What a beautiful verse in the bible I mean for real !!!! It is so important for us to follow God and to carry our own cross. What exactly does it mean to carry your own cross though? Well lets look at Jesus how he carried the cross all the way up the mountain. He knew the whole time he was going to die for all of our sins. He knew exactly what he was fighting for. To him it didn’t matter how hard or painful it was to carry that cross. In his mind He loved us so much it didn’t matter. He knew this was not his home. He was willing to Sacrifice himself for us. So for us to carry our own cross we need to be able to sacrifice worldly things in our life for God. Just how the bible verse says deny yourself, that’s hard to do. I think naturally we all tend to just go with our own instinct. God doesn’t want that for us though he wants us to trust and follow him and the only way to do that is to deny yourself. Meaning all those worldly sins should be turned away from. It may make you the odd ball but that’s good because the world will tell you you’re a weirdo and a freak; but God will tell you “you’re the salt of this earth” (Mathew 4: 13). Which means you are doing Gods work that’s why you stand apart. So to carry your own cross would mean that We stay strong in our faith with Christ and even when things get hard in this world; we continue to keep walking by faith and keep going. We must know in the back of our minds that this world is not our home. Our home is up in Heaven with God and we are not promised that we wont have struggles on this earth. We are promised that with our faith and belief in Jesus Christ we will have eternal life in Heaven with him. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). So I encourage you to pick up your cross and be God’s strong warrior even when things get hard. You keep pushing and stay strong in your faith and belief. Be that example for other Christians !!!!
