majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Galatians 6:14,
"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
Where Paul accuses the false teachers, who attempted to lead the
Galatian churches astray, of wanting to boast in the number of
circumcisions they were able to effect (something akin to believers
today boasting in how many souls they have "let to Christ"), Paul
tells his readers the only thing he would ever want to boast of is the
cross of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Paul's point is that, unlike these false teachers, there is really
nothing about himself that he would ever care to boast of... but of
his Lord, well, now, that is entirely a different story. I can picture
sitting down with Paul and listening to him say of Jesus Christ, "Let
me tell you about our wonderful Savior... just look at what he has
done!" In glowing and excited terms he would tell us all about how the
Lord he loves came to earth to die a miserable death, how, out of his
great love for us, he endured the cross to secure our future with him.
Paul would speak of the wonderful love our Lord has for each one of us
and how he wants each one of us for himself. He would speak of the
extent to which Jesus Christ was willing to go to save us from our
heavenly Father's justice, a fate of none other than an eternity spent
in a fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Paul loved his Lord and like so many other believers, I do as well.
All of us should be like those grandmothers who walk up to
acquaintances, pull out the wallet of pictures of the grand kids and
exclaim with unbridled pride, "let me show you my grandchildren!"
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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