"For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." - Matthew 16:25
For most of my life I've chased
"success". I've worked beginning at 14 every summer, while going to
high school, and college with three jobs at once. I've never been without a job
since then. I struggled with what people think of me, am I "good
enough". In all honesty, I still battle with what people think...people
that are nameless, but I feel I have to live up to a standard that I never
meet.
Reading this verse this morning I searched for the
full meaning. Basically, it's about our ego. Our Ego tells us what we desire,
and how "terrible" it is without it. We are like little puppets on a
string being pulled by the hand of our ego. There is no peace or love from your
ego.
To "lose your life" as the verse states
is not to die. It is to die to your ego and the worries of what other people
think, will say, and so on. Then Jesus says "but whoever loses his life
for My sake will find it." I love the words Jesus chose! To lose your ego
and your self ambition "for My sake will find it".
We're all chasing for "success" and
we've built into our hearts and minds what that should be. The world has taught
us that admiration comes from "success". Yet, the greatest love we
could ever find can only be found by dropping that ego hard on the pavement and
watching it crack like a clay dolls head! Put your ego to death! Pride is a
weakness, not an asset (Proverbs 11:2, 16:18)
Give up on your ego, your heady rules for
"success". Chase LOVE! Chase God's love, God's desires for you. He
never asked us to be wealthy or famous. He just asks us to love Him back. Live
in the peace of knowing that the One who owns it all - who made it all - is in
love with you! Find that relationship with Jesus through salvation and relish
in the reality of a love like no other, a constant state of peace and calm,
mercy renewed every morning!
"For all that is in the world—the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is
of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who
does the will of God abides forever." - 1 John 2:16-17
