#5 I Wanna Explore
Mortality. The topic of life and death has really piqued my interest since young. My childhood influences have always taught; fear it, for when it comes, and it will, you're going to lose it all.
But yet through the course of knowing Christ, He has shown how He has broken the power of death over humanity.
Yet, is there a lesson we can learn from mortality, applicable within life?
Of course.
Through the course of the past 2 weeks, I've just come to terms with my *extremely* limited strength. I don't mean the strength as in the ability to lift weights or what, but strength as in the ability to do things per se. In these 2 weeks, I've been getting frailer and frailer, kudos to that sheet of noxious gas in the atmosphere; haze.
So close. Mortality. Within the blink of an eye. You die.
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But then a verse comes back strongly to me as I was walking back home from my dental appointment. It went along these lines:
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but the man who loses his life for me will gain it.
Then another thought just popped in my mind. If you read carefully in the Bible, none, none of the men who honoured God struggled to enjoy their lives on earth with riches when they learnt that they were about to die. They didn't try to travel around the world enjoying their last moments. Or buy all the security guards they could to protect them. Or better still, feign death and escape.
Jesus. Paul. John the Baptist. Destined to die, but they didn't try to fight it. They went along with it as sheep to the slaughter. And they were successful men. Real men.
How curious.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Luke 9:24
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
Repeated at least thrice in the Bible. Confirmed by 3 of the Apostles.
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Simple things like CTM, DMM, events, QT, shepherding, gatherings.
Do we live life like we should be served and attain the best service? Or do we live life as Jesus taught in Matthew 16:25, Mark 8:35 and Luke 9:24?
It just makes me feel ashamed. The answer was and is in front of me. The direction is clear; God's people, work to bless them, work to teach them, work to correct them, all towards God. DMM isn't just for chitchat. DMM is when we plan for the upcoming battle for God.
Thanks Jesus. I needed that.
But yet through the course of knowing Christ, He has shown how He has broken the power of death over humanity.
Yet, is there a lesson we can learn from mortality, applicable within life?
Of course.
Through the course of the past 2 weeks, I've just come to terms with my *extremely* limited strength. I don't mean the strength as in the ability to lift weights or what, but strength as in the ability to do things per se. In these 2 weeks, I've been getting frailer and frailer, kudos to that sheet of noxious gas in the atmosphere; haze.
So close. Mortality. Within the blink of an eye. You die.
****
But then a verse comes back strongly to me as I was walking back home from my dental appointment. It went along these lines:
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but the man who loses his life for me will gain it.
Then another thought just popped in my mind. If you read carefully in the Bible, none, none of the men who honoured God struggled to enjoy their lives on earth with riches when they learnt that they were about to die. They didn't try to travel around the world enjoying their last moments. Or buy all the security guards they could to protect them. Or better still, feign death and escape.
Jesus. Paul. John the Baptist. Destined to die, but they didn't try to fight it. They went along with it as sheep to the slaughter. And they were successful men. Real men.
How curious.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Luke 9:24
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
Repeated at least thrice in the Bible. Confirmed by 3 of the Apostles.
****
Simple things like CTM, DMM, events, QT, shepherding, gatherings.
Do we live life like we should be served and attain the best service? Or do we live life as Jesus taught in Matthew 16:25, Mark 8:35 and Luke 9:24?
It just makes me feel ashamed. The answer was and is in front of me. The direction is clear; God's people, work to bless them, work to teach them, work to correct them, all towards God. DMM isn't just for chitchat. DMM is when we plan for the upcoming battle for God.
Thanks Jesus. I needed that.
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