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Gaining True Life

Gaining True Life
Is there a process we must go through to gain true life?
We want to see and experience true life in our relationships,
marriages, work places, and finances.
But in any relationship, or any situation,
we cannot truly see life until we learn to die.
Unless we die, we can’t truly live.
Our human nature wants to escape from this reality.
Most of us think that learning how to live is so valuable;
few of us see the value of dying.
Living for ourselves is a dangerous business.
Living for self will attract all evil.
Living for self will attract fear, anxiety, weariness, greed,
selfishness, restlessness, pride, and arrogance.
Living for Christ will attract the Spirit of the Lord, true love, peace, joy,
humility, boldness, courage, selflessness, and a passionate heart.
Learn to live for Him, not for yourself.
To live for Jesus is to die to self.
Learn to die to self in order to gain true life.
We must learn this, my brothers and sisters.
Learn to die and He will not let you stay dead forever.
He will lift you up and resurrect you even in this life.
Give value to this matter of dying.
Learn this lesson with great joy.
Then Jesus said to His disciples,
If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself
[disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own
[cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example
in living and, if need be, in dying, also].
For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life
[his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life];
and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here]
for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life
[his blessed life in the kingdom of God]?
Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life
[in the kingdom of God]?
(Matthew 16:24-26 AMP)
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