Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25 (NKJV)


When we're running around trying to save our own necks, we're going to lose our minds. The thing is, this is way too much for us. There is no way we can do everything we need to right and perfectly, with clean and pure motives to gain top prize; in order to save ourselves. It's not possible.

However, when we surrender ourselves to our King, admitting and accepting that His only son died for us... whether or not we chose to live our lives out for Him, He died so that we might have that chance.. JUST THE CHANCE of saving ONE person was all that Jesus needed as He took on the role of a bondservant to share the same dream His Father did...and that was us. We are the apple of God's eye (when we accept Him) because when we do that we are covered in Jesus' blood (1 Cor. 1:30). He sees us and He sees His Son; we make Abba's heart SKIP BEATS (Song of Solomon 4:9)! Hallelujah... how can we turn away from such a passionate love with hearts not stirred to action? Not only that, but when we give up our life, our dreams, our everything, we gain life; and not just a better understanding and appreciation for the world around us... but eternal life. How can we not see that everything AWESOME in our lives, is still ... nothing ... compared to our God (Romans 11:33, 1 Tim 6:17, Isaiah 40:18).


But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ...
Philippians 3:7-8 (NKJV)