[Manna - September 11]
Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:27
THE Lord's cross-bearing consisted in the doing of the Father's will under unfavorable conditions.
This
course brought upon Him the envy, hatred, malice,
strife, persecution, etc., of those who thought themselves
to be God's people, but whom our Lord, who
read their hearts, declared to be of their father, the
devil....Since we are walking in the same "narrow
way" that our Master walked, we may reasonably
expect that our crosses will be of similar kind to
His—oppositions to our doing the will of our Father in
heaven—oppositions to our serving His cause and
letting the light shine out as our Master and Leader
directed. Z.'03-345 R3237:3