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Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Rom 12:1 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, June 22, 2026
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :My Boast (Galatians #99) Bible Verse: Galatians 6:14 "And understand: If I boast, it is not about myself. My only boast is in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which I have been crucified to the world, and the world to me. So I have no reason to boast about worldly accomplishments. Perish the thought. " Message:
Crucifixion is not something that one would associate with boasting. To a Roman subject in 60 A.D., the idea would have seemed ludicrous. It was like a person today bragging about dying in the electric chair.
But much of Christianity is topsy-turvy compared to our innate and societal values. Just look at Christ’s first public teaching in the Bible, the Sermon on the Mount. “Blessed are the meek,” He told them, “For they shall inherit the earth.” What?!?
The Sermon on the Mount was a trumpet call, a clarion to an entirely new and outrageous theology. For if there is one thing certain to the natural man, it is this: The strong rule the world.
But now, we understand that God’s power is “made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) And what is the pinnacle of earthly weakness?
Head of Christ|Crown of Thorns by Cranach
To be hung on a cross to die. To be executed as a criminal. Not only is one’s life ended, but it is ended in a manner of maximum shame. One is a criminal. We spend our lives seeking the approval of others, and what failure could be greater than having others think so poorly of you as to kill you publicly? All privacy and dignity before men is stripped away. Christ was hung up, elevated and on display so that the crowd could watch Him suffer and die.
The cross is the diametric opposite of wealth, power, success, and good repute among others. It is the absolute bottom of the barrel in every way. But if, as Christ taught us, the kingdom of heaven belongs to the poor and persecuted, the poorest and most persecuted sit at the highest point. And who is poorer or more persecuted than a crucified man?
The symbolism of the cross is central to Paul’s message, and he champions the iconography of the cross repeatedly. One of his greatest speeches is the first chapter of 1 Corinthians: “For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, . . .” (1 Corinthians 1:22-23)
Paul is brash in his language, and he sometimes comes across as a chest-pounding braggart. But we have to believe him when he says that, whatever faults he has as a man, however others may react negatively to his manner, he has only one boast: the perfection of weakness and humiliation that comes from crucifixion. He has no wisdom; he has no miracles. He has, in his innermost heart, only love for the perfectly weak and perfectly sinless man, the Son of God.
Meditation : Prayer : I dedicate this day to you, mighty God. I pray that your Spirit will lift me up this day, and that your face may shine upon me all the day long, that I might do your will and lead a new life in Christ, reborn in the Spirit. Amen. |
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