2 Corinthians 4:10 NIV
[10] We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
We don’t think of carrying death around in our bodies. If we do have death in us then we usually show signs. Drawn and pasty skin. Black circles under our eyes. Thin hair, a limp. It takes the form of many physical reactions. Disease always does. I think of my close friend who had liver disease. He was always sickly, skinny and couldn’t put on any weight. It was a result of his disease. I think of others I know who have diseases and you can sometimes see it in her eyes and the way she moves that she’s having a bad day with it.
Disease doesn’t always mean death, I’m just using it as an example.
Carrying the death of Christ in our bodies is very different. It’s a death that brings life.
But like the death of the human body, of the death of Christ is in us then we should show signs. We try a little harder than others, we care for others even if we want to hate them. We speak the Bible, we pray, we forgive, we show patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self control. We live as reflections of love, when we don’t feel it. Joy, when we think it’s escaped us. And peace, when the world is entropy. If we live in the death of Christ there will be signs. Our whole purpose is that others may see Jesus in us and aim to be like Him themselves.
Carried in the cross 