Matthew 16:24-26
“Then Jesus told his disciples, ” If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his 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?”
I read this passage of scripture today and spent some time praying that we, as Christians, would continue to die daily to ourselves(desires, wants) and follow where God is leading.
Success, Money and Power are three things that society teaches us we all need to attain if we want to be somebody. This has become a norm in today’s society. It always has been. We need to have the nicest car or the biggest house or the most money to be somebody. That’s what we are being taught. It’s all a lie.
We were not created to be normal. Genesis 1:27 : “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them.” We were created in God’s image. And He’s not normal. I pray that everyone we encounter in life will see that. Let this world see that we aren’t the normal, average person. God wants to use us to change the world. Let Him. Continue to let Him lead. That’s what taking up our cross looks like.
Success, money and power have no eternal worth. Don’t live for the desires of this world. Live to see lives being changed in the name of Jesus.
