Journey Lessons Part 2: Is Your Cross Crap?

I had a great plan to leave at 5 am on Sunday morning for our cross country trip. This was perfect because the baby and wife could sleep while I drove and made a huge dent in our first days journey of 12 - 14 hours. Well, about 40 minutes into the trip, I had a gasp moment and realized I forgot to leave the signed form that was required for the moving company to pick up our packed trailer on Monday! So with much frustration I exited off Route 80 and made a u-turn to head back home.

After returning home to drop off the document, and after about an extra hour of driving, I noticed for a second time a cross on a hill off the side of the highway. I had seen it the first time, but this time it struck me in a whole new way. It was as if God was saying, “You don’t really get it! Do you understand what the cross really means in your life right now? I paid the full price! By my blood being shed you have all authority in heaven and earth to walk as a righteous man and make a difference wherever you go. Walk in it now! You cannot begin this journey without this power!” I broke down, received it, rose up, wept, and had an incredible time of fellowship with my God!

I have noticed a trend in my walk with God... my greatest revelations almost always come through my greatest frustrations. It’s as if God enjoys getting my attention by me not getting my way... or maybe that is the only way he CAN get my attention. Either way, I end up thanking Him for my difficulties because they lead to triumphs.

If your understanding of the cross of Jesus Christ doesn’t lead you to an admission of desperate need and an empowerment of holiness and authority, than it is crap. You can easily slip into a subconscious mindset that you don’t really need the cross and/or that you don’t really have what the cross gives you. Call on the name of the Lord, confess your need, put your faith in Christ... you have NO condemnation, NO need for the completion of a process for you to talk with God again, NO fear, NO timidity... and you DO have complete purity, you DO have complete power, you DO have a mission from God, and you DO have everything you need to complete it.