"Jesus said, if you want to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross and FOLLOW ME."
Have you heard the Good News? Jesus Christ the Lord God can save you and give you eternal life. Have you responded? Have you given your life to Jesus Christ? Have you turned from your selfish ways and taken up the cross of the Lord? Are you really following in the footsteps of the Lord are you just pretending? Have you examined the cost of taking up the Lord's cross? In short, is life still all about you and your selfish ways or is it all about Jesus and following Him?
If you are going to follow Jesus you are going to have to deny yourself and your own interests. You will be called upon to ignore your own selfish thoughts and ideas and lose sight of yourself. You have to learn to focus on the Lord and His Cross. Your goal must be eternal life with the Lord in Heaven. As a follower you will have to hold steadfast to the Lord continuously. You must deny your flesh and your temporary life here on earth and pick up the same cross the Lord had to accept. How are you doing?
It is our nature to be selfish and believe that life is all about us. It is not easy to deny yourself and focus on God. We tend to do so for our loved ones but it takes an act of faith to give our entire lives over to the Lord. As the Lord said, if we want to be His followers we must be willing to turn from serving ourselves and serve Him. The Lord does not ask us to do something that He was unwilling to do. He wants us to lay our lives down as He did for His Father in Heaven. The best part is that we do not lose anything, but instead we gain everything. Is the Lord calling you? Can you hear His voice saying, FOLLOW ME?
