Being Truly Human
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 The further a human being wanders away from the long-suffering Christ, the greater ones distance from the absolute redefining moment when the Son of God bore our sin, the less and less human we become. The seductions of this world overtake the soul that leaves Golgotha for a muddy mountain of their own. How we strive for the adulation that belongs to Jesus alone! If we will not worship at the foot of the cross we are doomed to worship ourselves. That, in the end, will prove a fate worse than death.
Christ crucified is the one pure human being, the true man made in the image of God. At Calvary man is seen for what he was meant to be. Calvary reveals the promise of glorious things to come and secures that future for all who believe. Conformed to him we become like him, moment by moment, for as long as we abide with him on the mount made of God.
Calvary is the place humanity most needs to be, yet it is the place we most resist. If it were not for the drawing power of God in Christ on the cross we would be lost for eternity. Thankfully, his call, “Come unto me”, is still rich with all the spiritual rest of heaven. Jacob’s ladder still extends to earth, the Shepard of souls still seeks his wandering sheep, there remains a door open to the sanctuary above, where Christ ministers his blood at the right hand of God.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (2Co 3:18 ESV)
