The Christ-crucified life

I heard a sermon this weekend by A.W. Tozer. He mentioned three distinctions about the man who lives the Christ-crucified life. Tozer said that when a man goes to the cross:
1. He only faces in one direction. If he hears anything behind him he can't turn around to see what is going on. This man only faces and looks in the direction of God.
2. He is not going back. This man doesn't tell his wife that he will see her at 5 PM. Because when a man goes to die on a cross he says goodbye to family and friends, this man knows that he is not coming back.
3. He has no plans of his own. The man on the cross doesn't make plans because someone else has a plan for him. This man has no other plan but to die.

Question: Is that how those in the church are living the radical life of Christ in this the 21st Century? We should be content to get a cross and eternal life! Oh brothers and sisters may we get back to the word of God in community with one another and manifest His greatness as we see, savor and share Christ the hope of glory!