To truley live a balanced Christian life we must ALWAYS stay at the cross!! What do we see on the Cross? Obviously we see Jesus and the price He paid for us. But if we take a closer look we can see BALANCE! Jesus displayed perfect LOVE when He laid down His life for fallen man. We see the power of FORGIVENESS when He said "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." We see MERCY when He said to the theif "You'll walk with me this day in paradise." The other thing we see on the cross is how horrible sin is. Sin creates DEATH!! We see how God HATES sin and the concequence of it. We see the WRATH of God on sin and how HE must punish sin. I can truly understand now why Paul was so determined to preach Christ and Him crucified. The Cross is death and the Cross is life! Through the death and resurection of Christ the power of sin has been broken and the captives have been made free. We need to embrace the cross of Christ and never let go. It will truly keep us living a balanced Christian life. And finally, I also believe that the only way we can be effective for God's kingdom is to die and allow the Holy Spirit to raise us up in His image. We need to crucify our flesh to that cross, so that we can allow the power of sin to be broken in us. These are just a few things that the Lord has laid on my heart. I know there is so much more to say about the truly WONDEROUS CROSS OF CHRIST.
