Aug 21 2008
whoever finds life will lose it?
Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
What does that mean for those of us who live in the wealthiest country in the world? Suffering for some of us is to cut out a vacation because of the economy. Maybe we have to downsize or get a 2nd or 3rd job. But what about those in the world who have to give up everything to follow Jesus? In Muslim countries if a person becomes a follower of Jesus they are disowned by their family. In the eyes of their family they are dead.
So what does it mean to lose our lives here in the US? What does it mean to take up our cross in the US? Is suffering having to drop cable TV? Is suffering having less Starbucks? Somehow I think the American church has it all wrong (me included).
What have you lost for Jesus?
