“For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life
for my sake shall find it” Matthew 16:25, NIV
“In a deeper sense that any other
species of earthbound creature, I am called,” Elisabeth Elliot writes in Discipline, the Glad Surrender, “and in
a deeper sense I am free; for I can ignore the call…I can say no call came. I
can deny that God called or God exists. What a gift of amazing grace—that the
One who made me allows me to deny His existence.” When I say “yes” to God, then I am no longer
my own. I have agreed to His call and His purpose for my life.
Jesus calls me to lose my life
for His sake—to leave all my personal desires behind—to take up His cross and
follow Him. It is a call to absolute
surrender of my spirit, soul, and body.
It is a call to the deepest discipleship. These requirements don’t
attract a large number of followers, but for those who do follow, the result of
such a decision is guaranteed. Lose your
life for Jesus and you will discover the infinite spiritual depth of your own
soul.
Am I willing to allow the Lord to
bring to birth the beauty of His passion in my life? God gives the freedom to
choose either the shallowness of my own personal desire or the reality of His
fulfillment. When I trade my life for
His life, I discover my true identity. Having searched all my life for
fulfillment, I find the pearl of greatest price, and I am willing to give myself
completely to Jesus Christ in order to possess it. “Deep calls to deep in the
roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me,” David
imparted (Psalm 42:7, NIV).The unfathomable depth of the Spirit of God calls
out to that which I do not yet know myself to be, and bids me “come”.
Will I?
©2017 Lynn Lacher
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