Follow God

Who has the courage and passion for Christ to take up their cross and follow Him? Its a tough question.  What does it mean? To me, it means put down the concerns of this life and pursue God with every fiber of your existence. Does this mean quit work or something? For most of us no.  But it means kill the sinful live we are currently enveloped in and begin the path to righteousness and salvation. It means to be a warrior for His cause and never stop.  It isn'teasy. Their will be suffering, i.e. Peter, Paul, Stephen and modern day people who sacrifice for God up to death.   Be like the end of Psalm 27 when we finally take up our crosses, be of good courage, and He will strengthen our hearts. What I say on the Lord. 

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

Luke 9:23-24 NIV