Luk 9:23-26 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (24) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. (25) For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Christ's love for His church was not all about making sure that she had ease, comfort, and pleasure. He died for His church, and calls her to die with Him.
As a husband whose Head is Christ, I am to follow Him, and that means death. As my wife follows me, it is to the cross that I am leading.
Do I now what that means? No, not really. But I want to keep this truth of where we are heading always before me as we walk through our days, weeks, months, years.
If I am leading her only toward those things that are comfortable, I am excluding the Cross as a destination. And that is not the kind of love that Christ had for His church.
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