No Other Rock

And I, if I be lifted up up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me. ~ John 12:32

Today’s devotion expands upon yesterday’s. While it made me think less about tattoos, I still think there is a connection. It’s all about inward and outward reflections.

When you think of tattoos on people, I am sure you think about a variety of thinks . . . mostly associated with bikers, drugs, infections, parlors, nightlife, etc. I know I do at least (now, I know some are thinking “What about Fantasy island” – but that’s not where I am going right now).

Tattoos are not typically associated with good, Bible abiding Christians. But there are many who have tattoos.

Now let’s look at the Cross. We see a rugged, old, gnarly symbol of corruption and filth. Clearly, when Christ’s persecutors placed Jesus on the perch, they intended to make an example of Him. They wanted Him to be ridiculed.

But instead, Jesus was lifted up. With Christ on the Cross, it becomes something more.

“When Jesus is lifted up, Satan is cast down. When heaven bleeds on that Cross, hell is defeated by its own stratagems. Calvary is transformed; and Jesus, knowing all things, calls it His being lifted up! That which showed how much He was hated, is that for which He is now most loved. That Cross of start desertion is the very magnet which ‘draws all men’ to Him.”

Today, my prayer for you and I is that we will teach others about the Cross and how it is transformed by Christ.