There is no doubt that God has been enriching and building
within us lately. He reminded us
that JESUS is our LIFE Coach and the importance of holding onto Childlike
Faith.
Now He is continuing with this verse that encompasses those
things.
Jesus said: “If any of you wants to be my follower, you
must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. For whoever would save his life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if
he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
Take up your cross… do you know what that means? It is to
live a “sacrificial” life. Some
may wonder what does “a sacrificial life” mean? It means you no longer live or practice the former sinful
and selfish passions and desires but giving your life to God to guide as it was
intended and made for.
Who better to make the soul all it is to be then God!
And “For whoever
saves his life will lose it,” means to resist and not give your life
fully to God/Jesus Christ. It is continuing down in that same old and returning to
the same old understanding, never growing and maturing in God. It is to never know God and be saved from our understanding,
this world- that is based on the fallen understanding, and if that wasn’t
enough- saved from the tortures of hell.
“But whoever loses
his life for my sake will find it.”
There again we see Jesus being our “LIFE Coach”. He is the one
who helps us overcome and live this life successfully in God’s perfect will
that is pleasing to the soul.
Many men and women have tried to turn Christianity into a
religion and tried to pass these religious ideals on to others but Christianity
is a honest to goodness relationship with God. It’s about Him doing the doing in us.
God is forever- this world… not so much, in fact the bible
says this world is going to burn one day.
Jesus is saying you want to invest your life, your soul, in something
that is going to disappear- and mean nothing?
God wants us to look at the big picture and get a glimpse into
eternity. See LIFE through His perfect
“eyes” and perspective. “You lose
your life” to God -you let go of your grasp and let God take hold of it, you
will find LIFE but if you try to keep it you will find only misery for first I
find the human understanding is not kind and loves to be entangled and enslaved
to thinking that is unsatisfying for the soul. It is like a type of religion. It is unsatisfying and a burden. Second without God there isn’t anything to satisfy and
encourage our soul for He is the rightful provider and sustainer of our soul in
all instances and circumstances that come in this life.
There in God we do find gratification and purpose when God’s
love is operating “in” our life but again few consider “living in” and “finding
it” because they choose to ignore, deny, and refuse to surrender to God who
made the soul and knows what the soul needs… hence they lose their soul and the
benefits of God in their life.
Think… the world would be a totally different place if
everyone had a relationship with Jesus Christ- the Creator of Life.
God says, “Love me and find LIFE for your soul”. God says,
“Love me and find what means to live in love”.
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