Guest Blogger Blair Johanson, Partner, Johanson Group
Recently, I was traveling east on Interstate 40 between mile markers 27 and 28 on the way to Little Rock, AR for a late-morning business meeting. If you know this stretch of the interstate highway, you are probably familiar with seeing a large cross in a small clearing on top of a hill rising up from the road. At night, this cross is lit with lights and it is visible for miles.
This particular dawn morning the gray sky backdrop made the cross invisible from mile marker 27. I knew that the cross had to be there, but I couldn’t see it. Had the owner been pressured to take down this symbol of hope and salvation? As my Pathfinder sped closer to the rising hillside, the cross began to appear and I was relieved to see that Jesus’ cross was still standing tall for the wearied and burdened I-40 travelers.
As I passed mile marker 28 with the image of Jesus’ cross on my mind, Matthew West’s song “Going through the Motions” was playing on XM radio. I was reminded that my walk with Christ and my salvation journey would be blessed greatly through the study of his word each day. Jesus tells us to study the words of truth in the Bible and learn to carry his cross daily. As I grow in Christ through daily scripture study and prayer, Jesus’ cross becomes clearer each day.
Jesus replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke 11:28
