Hard to do, easy to say… God is just amazing.
He gave the most precious thing to die for us on Redemption’s Hill, Jesus.
His Blood was spilled.
and, yet….
Things of the world, things that matter to us most in this world, we cannot let go and count as loss,
It is a hard process of dying to one’s self. I sat down and thought to myself.
God gave something so dear to Him, and why cant we give up even something that is dear to us in this world that is so small, for him.
Paul, said in Philippians 3: 7 -11:
‘But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost ALL THINGS. I consider then RUBBISH, that I may gain Christ and be focused in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
He would be glad to lose everything for just the sake of knowing Christ. Yet, we take for granted this give Christ has given of knowing Him.
Dying to the flesh, losing all the flesh has to offer, just to know Christ.
As I read that verse, I cried, just knowing that I cannot even do this.
Knowing Christ is the best thing one can have.
Just Knowing my Lord and Savior, should be my number one priority.
Die to self?
I cannot do it alone. Only with God, Through God and By God.
