"Quit crossing your eyes or they'll stay that way!" I remember being around 7 or so and my cousin, Bonnie, taught me how to cross my eyes. Sorry, Bonnie - cat's outta the bag. I know I am not the only one who was reminded time and again that if I continued to cross my eyes, they could remain that way.
This week, I was searching for more songs to use for our Easter services and came across one called, "When I Face the Cross". It describes the wonderful things God supplies when we turn our thoughts from the worries and distractions of the world and focus on the price and power of the cross.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18
We must not just remember the cross of Christ and its power and purpose, we must abide in that revelation. For us to live the abundant life Christ spoke of in John 10:10, we need to transform our relationship with God the Father from a sporadic, one-sided conversation to a supernatural, life-changing conversion. For each step we take closer to God, He takes one giant step towards us -
Come near to God and he will come near to you - James 4:8
I know you have more than likely seen the image above. If you stare at it long enough without blinking (consistently) when you look somewhere else, you will still see the face of Christ. I am learning (many times the hard way) the more purposefully and consistently I walk with Christ, the greater my desire to so grows and the stronger my faith grows.
Lord, continue to teach me to be "cross-eyed" because I know the more I do it, the greater the chance that "they will stay that way."
