College Life: Hide Me Behind The Cross

The other day in evangelism class, my teacher was praying before class, as is the Liberty tradition. During his prayer, he ask God "Hide me behind the cross.." That really stuck out to me. I'd heard something that kind of sounds the same to me in other ways, but never in a way like that. He not only wanted to lift Jesus up, but he wanted to make sure that the cross was what we were seeing, as he gave us his testimony. I was taken aback by this statement, because that should be a prayer for our every day lives. I've never thought about not only trying to show Jesus off, but just showing the cross off. The work that had to be done, the sacrifice that was made on that cross. So much happened on that cross, and my teacher wanted us to see the cross of Jesus as he shared his story with us that afternoon.

What does it look like to be "hidden behind the cross"? What could it look like? These are a few things that I don't have the ability to answer fully. My prayer is that God would really reveal that to me as I grow with Him at LU. I want to be hidden behind the cross as well. I don't want people to look at my life and see me. As Lecrae says in one of the many  great songs he is in, "I hope that they seein' You, every time they seein' me." That's the kind of thing I want. I want people to see the cross of Jesus when they look at me. I've said it before, in a different way. It's something we strive for and must keep striving for until we are called to go home, and at that point, Jesus is all we'll see so we won't be worried about it anymore. Everyone who is a real Christian wants to show off Jesus, and His love, but it's so hard to do with our imperfections. We must also be hidden behind the cross to show that even with those imperfections, we are made white as snow by the blood of Jesus, that was spilled before and while on the cross. Maybe to accurately really lift Jesus up, we must show the cross. We must always be hidden behind the cross, and maybe then, we will see what it's like to fully trust in Jesus.

Just something that's been on my mind.

Thanks for reading! Love you guys
TJ