How very needful it is to follow Him

Life is so short! We know neither the day nor the hour. And yet we do not believe in God’s Word, we do not reflect on it but rather we think about foolish things, we get angry… Let us look at the cemetery. How many people lie there who also were angry, suffered heart failure, pursued career, wealth… But this all is passing away. Our goal must be life, eternal life, which we are given by God. Therefore we need to be prepared at all times for the moment when we shall depart this life. We must be in Christ even here on earth and carry all our crosses and burdens with a living faith. Jesus says: “Deny yourself and take up your cross; do not be in depression, take up your cross and follow Me – Jesus.” How very needful it is to follow Him! It is an everyday way of the cross. Lord, what is my cross? How should I deny myself? In little things – you thus get to the level where the power of sin does not work, you get out of your nature and enter into communion with Jesus. The kingdom of God is in us and corrupt nature is in us too. Sin and the spirit of lies work through the latter and intrude into our thoughts. The kingdom of God is where Jesus is and where the Spirit of God works. The main thing is where I am. I am either in Christ where the laws of God work or I am in myself where the laws of sin work and where the devil keeps leading me by the nose. I must be in Jesus and therefore I must deny myself and get out of myself.

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