Matthew 16:24,26 "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
Each of us has an established birth date and an established death date. In between those dates represents the dash (-) of our life. It is but a vapor, but it is how we use that dash that is important. So do we "eat, drink and be merry" as Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 2? Do we do whatever our hearts desire, knowing that when we are gone, all that we have done will end up in someone else's lap. No, we rejoice in the fact that God gave us today. A gift in which we can use to serve Him or not to Serve Him. The choice is entirely ours, but if we chose not to serve Him and do all the things our heart desire, there will be an emptiness in our life that will cause us to search for fulfillment. The only way that fulfillment will come about is if we chose to serve God.
The verse above tells me, that we no longer belong to our self. We belong to God, He makes the decisions for us. Above all, He tells us to choose Him. He is life over death. He is happiness over sorrow. He is quality of life versus quantity of life. When God tells us to chose life, He is telling us to live in servitude to Him, knowing full well our life is for eternity. We as Christians have forgotten how to deny our self and follow God. Help us Lord to lean on you to make the hard choices in our life.
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