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Bondman · 04-30-2008, 04:03 PM

Message #59

LOSE - AND SAVE YOUR LIFE

I simply have to write about Robin's situation, because it's something every one of us knows in our lives. What we want can be SO hard to relinquish. We know full well that it's the only way to go, yet still the flesh says Yes to what we want, and No to the way we know is right. We all experience this. It's hardly abnormal!

And it just occurred to me this minute that this can often be exactly what STOPS many people from becoming a Christian, i.e., WHAT THEY SEE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP!! And that is SO understandable! I will lose this... and that... oh, and that too. Oh NO!!! They can't see that what you will gain is BETTER - SO MUCH BETTER - than what you may give up. Jesus said:

Mark Ch 8
35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

This same strong truth is written in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) an amazing FOUR times! I can't seen any ambivalence about what He's saying, can you?

.. Save your life, and you'll lose it.
.. Lose you life for My sake, and you'll save it.

Is "for My sake" important there? I THINK SO!!! And Robin is totally right: it's either 100% - or nothing! Not only will we continue to struggle if only 90% is given to Him, but we'll never have any decent PEACE either. To start with, your struggling will ensure that! But what we ALL NEED is ALL of Jesus. Not just part!

Here's what we have WRONG. We think that our life is about US! IT'S NOT!! That's a totally useless and ultimately dangerous position to be holding in our minds and hearts! Life is about JESUS. And being with Him for eternity.

Change over to this very different perception about life -and then - but not UNTIL then - will you make it to that place of experiencing for the very first time the INCREDIBLE PEACEFULNESS, RELAXATION AND RESTFULNESS IN BEING COMPLETELY GIVEN OVER TO JESUS!!!

Experience that and you'll never be the same again, and will NEVER wish to go back to struggling with "what I want!" NEVER!!

- BM, with his Lady

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