Front and Center

There's a cross in our church, placed there for the weeks leading up to Easter.  Last year it was further back on the platform, more out of the way, you might say.  This year it is in a different place.....front and center.

As you can see, it makes a shadow on the screen.  And it presents a bit of a challenge for the Pastor.  It's a little bit in the way! Where should he stand? What should he do?  Maybe he will stand behind the cross!

It's an interesting concept, isn't it?  To be literally hidden behind the cross!
Placing the cross in the very front and center of the stage was actually Dr. Wilton's idea, so that he could be hidden behind it.  So that the cross would be front and center as he began a three-part sermon series entitled "The Journey".  This past week's message was "The Journey to the Cross".

You can see it here:  http://www.truthcasting.com/player.aspx#showSermon=67109
The message begins at about the 29:15 mark.

In just one more week we will observe the day we refer to as Good Friday.  The day that marks Jesus' death on the cross.  The day when we focus our attention on the cross.

But until then, and in all the days that will follow, how much thought are you giving to the cross?  What part does the cross play in your life?

Are you hidden behind the cross?

"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."  (Galatians 2:20 NASB)