'People of the world
cannot understand why; only the believer who is losing himself gradually into
the life of God can comprehend its meaning. Who can appreciate God’s asking
Abraham to sacrifice Isaac whom God Himself had first given? Those who apprehend
God’s heart make no attempt to cling to God-imparted gifts; rather do they
desire to rest in God, the Giver of all gifts.
God wills for us to
be attached to nothing aside from Him, whether it be man or a thing or even
something conferred on us by Himself. Many Christians are quite disposed to
leave Ur of the Chaldees, but few there be who can see the need to sacrifice on
Mount Moriah what God has given.
This is one of the
penetrating lessons of faith and relates to our being united with God. He
requires His children to forsake everything that they may be wholly His.' Excerpt from - The Spiritual Man- by Watchman
Nee
This is BIBLICALLY
based.
Mat 19:16 And,
behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 And
he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that
is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He
saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
Mat 19:20 The
young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what
lack I yet?
Mat 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow
me.
Mat 19:22 But
when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great
possessions.
Go sell what thou
hast.
The young man had A
LOT to sell and he deemed all that wealth, all those possessions worth more
than Jesus.
We comprehend this
and even with our lesser possessions we are loathed to give them up. And our personal possessions that could be
classified as people we hold dear can we give them up? Does our Savior want us
to give up everything? That sounds cultish to us doesn't it? Giving up
everything and then what? Following Jesus.
Not everyone is called to step out of their lives and into that sort of
life. But how do we know? Is giving up everything a HEART/SPIRIT choice but not
a literal choice?
More on ALL this
tomorrow by the GRACE of our LORD.
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