Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
To take up your cross and follow Jesus means, among other things, to deny yourself.
This is certainly not a popular message in our society today. We are often more interested in hearing what Jesus can do to please us than what we can do to please Him.
Yet Jesus calls His followers to something far greater than the pursuit of personal comfort and pleasure. He calls us to surrender.
We cannot truly be disciples of Christ if we are unwilling to lay down our own ambitions and live for Someone greater than ourselves.
Taking up our cross is not merely a one-time decision—it is a daily act of faith, obedience, and devotion to the One who first gave Himself for us.
