Thursday, April 7, 2016

If we gain the whole world...

Luk 9:23  And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luk 9:24  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luk 9:25  For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?


Gain the world. The world is at our fingertips. Work hard and get anything in the world you want.  The world has it all.  The riches of the world.  How many people are told about the parts of the world where you can go and work hard and live the dream of freedom and wealth? You hear the story here in the United States about a person coming from nothing and working hard to make something of themselves and it happens all the time. Those who live horrific lives manage to escape and they truly appreciate the opportunities they are given.  But how many get here and life is still extremely hard for them? That dream they had looked forward to turns to dust.  We who live here also can find it very difficult to make a living in this land of opportunity. And so often because our lives are measured in things like careers, salaries, education, looks, etc and we come up extremely short and so we don't call our lives a success. We've forgotten that even if we were to gain the entire world it means absolutely NOTHING to eternity, not a single thing.

Worldly success is nothing without God, nothing! 

Worldly success is worthless without a true walk with God.

Worldly success means absolutely zero if we do not deny ourselves and take up the cross of Christ Jesus our Savior.

Success is a WALK WITH CHRIST, a LIFE WITH CHRIST, LOVE WITH OUR GOD.

Gaining the WORLD or anything in the world that we believe would make us achieve worldly admiration can be a deceptive trap to lure us from the Cross we are to carry.  Gain the world and lose ourselves and be cast away, this is truth. 

If we find ourselves caught up in the world we have to repent and deny ourselves, picking up the cross of our Savior.

So right now, ask yourself just how much of the world you have gained and how much do you want to gain, have you picked up the cross of the Savior and denied yourself?

Lord, help us to deny ourselves. Lord, help us to not want to gain the world. Lord, help us to pick up Your cross.  Please, Lord, You are EVERYTHING help us to choose You always as satan presents the world to us in his awful deceptive way.

In Your Love, thank you for all You do for us, for all You will do for us, for all You've done for us.

In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Now and forever!  Amen.

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