” IF ANY OF YOU WANTS TO BE MY FOLLOWER, YOU MUST TURN FROM YOUR SELFISH WAYS, TAKE UP YOUR CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME.” LUKE 9:23
Each day in the life of Christ is a new day. Each new day brings about its own set of troubles, anxieties and mountains to climb. Jesus was very clear in telling his disciples that they must turn from their selfish ways and follow his directions and not their own ambitions. Our lives must be shaped in the same way. Each day we will face decisions that we must make concerning the ways we live our lives. Are we going to follow our own ambitions, our own thoughts and our own ways or are we going to throw away our selfish ways and follow our Lord? It is not easy throwing our selfishness away. We as humans are very self-centered. We often think of ways that are going to benefit us rather than what is going to benefit others. Jesus could have done that. He could have given way to the devil and have worldly wealth. He could easily have gone along with the world and made his life here on earth much easier than it turned out. Thank God he didn’t. Thank our God in heaven that he was thoughtful and loving and caring toward others. He loved God in heaven and was not going to betray him! He knew his assignment and he did not stray from it. Because of his actions, you and I have our chances to lay our selfish ways to the side and pick up our cross and follow him. Jesus never promised us that following him would be easy. It was not easy then and is not easy now. We will be persecuted and sometimes even confronted with death because of our choice to follow him. Our faith must continue to grow each day and our trust in him immovable. Our Lord is returning soon. Where do we stand in our relationship with him? Do we know him, or do we just know of him? We must build the relationship. We must throw off our selfish ways and then take up our cross and follow him! We must know him intimately. JESUS IS LORD!
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