There are some very significant things in today's reading, both in 2 Chronicles and in Galatians. In 2 Chronicles 6-7, we see King Solomon's beautiful prayer of dedication for the temple and God's response by fire. We also see God's promise of 2 Chron. 7:14 that says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." What a powerful promise, and one we desperately need to be praying and seeking today.
However, this morning I'm going to comment on Galatians 6:14. Here Paul says, "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."
What have we to glory in EXCEPT the cross?! Nothing! This is where everything centers, on Christ and what He has done....
I love the following thought from Acts of the Apostles:
"Christ’s death proves God’s great love for man. It is our pledge of salvation. To remove the cross from the Christian would be like blotting the sun from the sky. The cross brings us near to God, reconciling us to Him. With the relenting compassion of a father’s love, Jehovah looks upon the suffering that His Son endured in order to save the race from eternal death, and accepts us in the Beloved.
Without the cross, man could have no union with the Father. On it depends our every hope. From it shines the light of the Saviour’s love, and when at the foot of the cross the sinner looks up to the One who died to save him, he may rejoice with fullness of joy, for his sins are pardoned. Kneeling in faith at the cross, he has reached the highest place to which man can attain.
Through the cross we learn that the heavenly Father loves us with a love that is infinite. Can we wonder that Paul exclaimed, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”? Galatians 6:14. It is our privilege also to glory in the cross, our privilege to give ourselves wholly to Him who gave Himself for us. Then, with the light that streams from Calvary shining in our faces, we may go forth to reveal this light to those in darkness." (Acts of the Apostles, p. 209-210).I love this passage. Kneeling in faith at the cross, we reach the highest place which we can attain! Wow!
Tomorrow's Reading: 2 Chron. 8-9 and Psalm 72
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