DOING HARD THINGS….is hard. The more I give Jesus the more He asks from me. Some days I just flat out ask Him, “What more do you want from me?!” He calmly answers me EVERY time… “Everything.”
Living a life completely submitted to God is the hardest thing you could ever do. We as Christians make fun of our extremist brothers and sisters and label them radicals, when in actuality if we were doing our true job we would be right along side of them with the same label. When God gave us His EVERYTHING He didn’t expect us to give Him a little bit of ourselves He expects we give what He did. Got it? We say stupid things like, “Oh if I just don’t cuss” or “I’ll try to stop lying” as if that’s good enough. WRONG!!! Jesus wants your heart, your relationships, your entertainment (which means movies, music, etc.), your emotions, your mind/thoughts, your time, your body, your clothes, your possessions, your family…..YOU! He gave His all. Does the God of the universe not deserve that little bit from us? We live a lie when we say we are Christians. Christ followers?!? Do we not understand what He meant when He said we must deny ourselves….that we must pick up our CROSS and follow Him…everyday? (Matthew 16:24)
Take a minute and reflect upon your life. Does it resemble what your non-believing friends’? Do you watch the same things the world does? Do you say the same things and do the same things, wear the same things? I was horrified when I did this myself. We are to reflect Jesus in the world. To simply live in it but not be of it. This is HARD…REALLY HARD. But it’s not impossible. (Matthew 19:26)
Matthew 13:
45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
When Jesus sees you, He sees a pearl of great price. He sees your true value, and He gave everything so that He could have you. He knows that you were worth the cost.
Jesus is THE PEARL of THE GREATEST PRICE. He is worth the cost.
08/10/11
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