NOW LIVE for THAT!

What are you willing to die for? Now live for that!Last night I wrote a really heartfelt blog about dying for Christ.  And then guess what happened?  When I went to post it—I lost it!  I frantically searched every trick I knew to retrieve something dangling in cyber space-- but to no avail.  Essentially it died!  And it troubled every aspect of my being because of all the work I put into it.And then it hit me!  Jesus put a lot of work into me!You see, Jesus was willing to die for me, so I should consider it joy to live for Him—even when something seemingly miniscule frustrates me like a lost blog.Though persecution--and frustration-- will come, I must remember the true essence of ‘He died for me.’Though suffering will come, I must tell myself ‘He died for me.’  Though adversity will come, ‘He died for me.’  And because I believe He died for me--no matter what life may bring--I should be more than a conqueror because His life is now alive in me.Truly, He died so that we may live. And now we must willingly die to self and sin and all the little details that upset our applecart--so that He may gloriously live within.