‘Jesus does not ask me to die for Him, but to lay
down my life for Him. […] It is much easier to die than to lay down your life
day in and day out with the sense of the high calling of God. […] “By this we
know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren” (1 John 3:16).
Yet it is contrary to our human nature to do so. If I am a friend of Jesus, I
must deliberately and carefully lay down my life for Him. It is a difficult
thing to do, and thank God that it is. Salvation is easy for us, because it
cost God so much. But the exhibiting of salvation in my life is difficult. God
saves a person, fills him with the Holy Spirit, and then says, in effect, “Now
you work it out in your life, and be faithful to Me, even though the nature of
everything around you is to cause you to be unfaithful.”’ CHAMBERS
Just as we are to offer ourselves as living
sacrifices to God (Romans 12:1), we are to also love others in the same
way. In the Army, I was taught to dig
foxholes. They were called Depuy fighting
positions. The fighting positions were
unique because your field of fire .. or where you could see to shoot was in
front of the foxholes next to you, not in front of your own. In other words, you were protecting the men
next to you. And those men, in turn,
were protecting you. Your wellbeing was
dependent upon others. God wants us to
be interdependent .. not independent.
Ecclesiastes
4:12 “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend
themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
Don’t isolate yourself
from other believers. That is not God’s
design and is not healthy for your spiritual wellbeing.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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