The Sign Of The CrossSample

And of the Son

As we bring our hand down from our forehead to our chest, we say ‘and of the Son’. We turn our focus on Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, and we consider two truths.

Firstly, we recall the incarnation, the amazing action of God, humbling himself to become human. Fully God and fully human, Jesus stands among us, walks with us, teaches us, touches us, cries and laughs with us. The purpose of the incarnation was to become the saviour of the world. He lives under the law and sheds his blood as the sacrifice to enable our forgiveness. The simple action of drawing our hand down in a vertical direction simply reinforces our acceptance of Jesus coming down from heaven.

The second truth that we consider is the nature of Jesus as Son of the Father. The title Son gives us a glimpse into the profound nature of our loving God. It is beyond our fullest understanding to completely grasp the nature of this relationship, but we see moments of it in our Bible. We see this, perhaps most profoundly, in Luke’s account of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus, although fully God, still takes time to explore, wrestle with and confirm the will of his loving Father. In choosing to follow the will of his father, he not only shows us the true nature of being a child of God but also enables God’s saving plan to be fulfilled. How amazing that his personal sacrifice should set us all free and by entrusting his spirit into the safe hands of His father, He is resurrected.

Prayer

O my beautiful Jesus,
my best friend, my brother, my savior.
You are the way to our Father,
You are the way I choose to go,
You are the one I choose to follow.
When I think of what you did for me,
the words of my response are simply, “Thank you”.
Help my life to be lived in gratitude and service.
Amen.