To take up your cross, to carry your cross, is to be willing to die in order to follow Jesus. While there were those who gave their literal lives for Jesus, as many of the disciples were said to have done. Carrying your cross meant more than that, it meant dying to self, surrendering all aspects of your life to Jesus. Many of us understand that we need die to self in terms of sinful behaviour but there is another way in which we need to die to self...
Rejection has a way of destroying a person's life in a way that few other things can. In fact the number of people who are affected by rejection is staggering. One highly experienced deliverance minister notes that spirits of rejection are among some of the most common demons that he has encountered throughout his ministry. It seems that almost everybody is affected by rejection to some degree. It's vital for us who are in a living relationship with Jesus, to understand, as well as work through this if we want to be all that God has created us to be. Overcoming rejection and the effects of a mistaken identity is absolutely essential. Sermon by Calven Celliers Download the Summary
Our living relationship with the Lord often involves waiting. Waiting for Him to answer that prayer. Waiting for Him to open that door of opportunity. Waiting for Him to show us the way to go. Waiting for Him to deliver us from our trial and suffering. The question is then, Why does God make us wait?