Ego Must Die

"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." (Matt 16:25 NIV)

Yes, I am talking about egos, again. I do not understand why it is so difficult for so many people to understand that we do not live for ourselves. We are to live to love and serve God and all of God's children. We may not like everything that everyone does or is. But, that does not negate the fact that we are to love others as ourselves. If they are in need; their needs come before our wants.

We do not get to not love people we disagree with. We do not get to persecute people we disagree with or people we want to control. Yes, there are instances where to avoid conflict and greater harm we may need to stay away; but, that does not negate the fact that we are to love one another.

We must in some way come to the understanding that our life here on earth is nothing compared to the eternal life we have in the presence of our Heavenly Father. We must to at least a minimal degree come to grasp that if we cling to life in this world and all that we can grab for ourselves from this world, we will lose our lives; because, in fact, there is no life in us. 

Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. (John 14:6) Without him, there is no life. With him, we will seek to enhance the lives of others without regard to our own.

In order to live life we must live in Christ and Jesus did not put his own ego before the lives of others. He was willing to give everything, even his life, so that we might live. Yes, Jesus died. Yet, he lives and because he lives so shall all who die to themselves to live in him. 

Egos and personal agendas don't matter in the kingdom of God. The only agenda that matters is God's. 

God grant that we not be afraid of death; of either physical death or the death of our egos and self-centered desires in this world so that we might live more fully in Christ according to the will of our Father. 

God's Peace - Pr. J