Until That
Day!
"If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up
his cross daily, and follow Me."
Luke 9: 23
One of Jesus’ strongest admonitions to
those
who would be His disciples came when He told
them to take up their cross daily (Luke 9:23). In
the Roman world, cross was a symbol of death.
Following Him might result in
death.
Not until the night of Jesus’ arrest, when He
was alone with His disciples for the Passover
meal, did Jesus expand on His
earlier words
and provide them with comfort (John 14–16).
He told them that the world would hate them when
He was gone because they hated Him first. If they
persecuted Him, they will persecute them (John
15:18-21). He also told them, “Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).
His peace—that is, the peace that comes from
knowing and trusting Him (Philippians 4:6-7)—
is their peace in a world that would reject them.
We don’t know exactly what the future
holds for
Christians. We know who does know. We trust
Him to keep us “until that Day” (2 Timothy 1:12).
"Peace rules the day when
Christ rules the mind."
Unknown