We are not called to be successful in accordance with ordinary standards, but in accordance with a corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying, becoming in that way what it never could be if it were to abide alone.
~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)
Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
~Jesus, King of The Universe, in John 12
Oh beloved, it is true. There is this terribly painful aspect of our walks with and in Christ. There is this old husk of our fleshly selves that must die. And this death is not the sure future falling asleep of our bodies. It is, rather, a death that happened with Him at the cross, and is now to be reckoned true in our lives. We gotta die before we can truly live for Him. Said even more simply: sin must no longer be an acceptable option in our lives.
But…
Yeah, He saves us from our sins. But then, gloriously, He saves us from even ourselves – that our lives might be used to save others.
This is very Good News!
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