READY TO LOSE OUR LIFE?
Mark 8:34-35
When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.
Personal challenge
It is not that difficult to proclaim to be a follower of Christ. What is difficult is to actually BE a follower of Christ. We must be willing to lay aside our entire life that we have built here on earth in order to take up our cross and follow Him. It may be all that knowledge that we have gained by reading books about God and Jesus. It may be that blog or podcast that we have so many followers on in order. But have we really just been a clanging symbol about Him? It may be that position in life, whether in the church, or our work, or the community, that we worked so hard to get, but which stands between us and Jesus. Jesus asks us to sacrifice everything for Him because that is what He did for us. Are we really ready to lose our life for Him or will we walk away as so many others have done? Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
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