Thoughts on the Cross

Shadow of The Cross

Steven Curtis Chapman

I wake to the sound of different voices calling my name
Two little ones who want to start another day
And one voice that's calling
Take up your cross and come follow me

CHORUS
I want to get lost
In the shadow of the cross
To answer the call surrender it all
In the shadow
I want to live each (this) day
With a humble heart
That's ready to pay
Whatever it cost, to find myself lost
In the shadow of the cross

Living beneath the burden of this cross I carry
I'm finding more of Christ and losing more of me
So I'll hide in His shadow
Until I am nothing and He is everything

CHORUS

The voices that call to me like my little ones are sleeping
But here in the shadow there's one whisper
I still hear

CHORUS

The Lord reminded of this song today as I reflect on my daily need to look to the cross and the love Christ demonstrated for me on the cross through His sacrificial death.

Praise the Lord for the cross!

"For the message of the cross if foolishness for those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Praise the Lord for the cross!

"And without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness" (Hebrews 9:22b)

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through Him!" (Romans 5:8-9)

Praise the Lord for the cross!

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21).