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The Cross by olatayo1984(m): 12:08pm On Sep 22, 2014
The cross is a beautiful thing but many will not agree with that. It beautify, after the processes of the cross has been fulfilled. There is pain and struggles associated with it but at the end, the glory will speak. Glory is associated with the cross. Nothing can be glorified without its own cross. Gold must passes through fire (cross) before its value will be revealed and be appreciated.
But there are rules and processes for the beautification of the cross. Jesus Christ, our Saviour passed through these processes and adhered to the rules before he was glorified. Likewise other men God used and He is using. Jesus knew he will never be glorify, if He did not bear His cross. Carrying the cross is not physical carrying of wooden or metallic material that looks like plus sign in shape but passing through the fire of purification or processes of life to be a made.
The processes of the beautification are individualistic. No matter what people say or do to help you, they can’t really help. Their help are so minute which may be irrelevant for this beautification. The price is pay solely by you. A man help Jesus to carry the physical cross which have little relevant to the cause but the main pain was taken by Jesus. Don’t be disappointed when people refuse to help you out because they can’t. Peter denied Jesus, His mother looked on as he was nailed, she can’t help him because the cross is personal and the glory that comes through it is personal and everyone has his own cross to carry and bear to see the glory that follow the bearing of the cross.
The key tool for this glorification is endurance. Jesus endured the pain and shame and he was glorified. He endured to the end point, and He said, it is finished. Then his glorification came, he was lifted and in his name all knee must bow, glory. He engaged the processes himself before God glorified him.
The world had turned to religious entity without substance of the cross. People want glory but they don’t want to endure the pain of the cross. A student want to pass without reading, a woman want a happy home without submitting to the husband, husband want a happy family without loving his wife as Christ love the church, a sinner want to enter heaven and see God’s grace without forsaken his sin, people want to get rich without following the principles of prosperity. Things don’t work like that. When the devil want promotion without adhering to the rules, he was demoted. Many are experiencing ashes, thinking they are experiencing glory because of the accolades and materials that is amassed which will blow away like sand. It is a must for every individual to pass through these processes. It may be painful, just endure, it will refine you and at the end the glory will speak. Follow through to the end, where you can say it is finish. Jesus did that and we can see the glory even after 2000years.
Be the change the world need, don’t shunt the process, so that you will not be half baked and unable to fulfill destiny. Remember, all stages must be passed because no double promotion in real life and all processes follow according and you must pass a stage before moving to the next.
I have determined to carry my own cross and pass through all the processes, not to be half baked. Am passing through a stage now, it is painful but I know soon I will reach end point and the glory will definitely come and the end will be better than the beginning because God had said so.
Faleye Olatayo
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faleyeolatayo@gmail.com 07030468554

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