May 1

Cross-Bearing

“Let him … take up his cross daily.”
— Luke 9:23

“Jesus is the good Shepherd; He leads forth His own sheep, He walks before them and the sheep follow Him. The disciples were afraid as they followed Jesus; Jesus led them to the cross. The cross is on the road which leads to glory. … It is the cross which takes from us all that which hinders our realising Christ in glory.”

“The more faithfulness there is in us the more sorrows doubtless, but then there will be consolations abounding; only let us take up the cross, and if it be really the cross we shall find Jesus with it and the earnest and spring of glory in our hearts.”