He tells His followers...
"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me..."
Luke 9:23
Sacrifice... doesn't feel good... in the here and now... it didn't feel good to Jesus...
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
Mark 14:36
As followers... He calls us to lay down our lives to serve Him... and others... out of love... by faith... through obedience... not because it feels good... but because He has a purpose... a plan...
Where there is sacrifice... there is pain...
Jesus's sacrifice... made no sense to the world... and sometimes... the things He calls us to sacrifice... make no sense to us... or to those looking on...
But remember... sacrifice... makes the way... for God... to work... to heal... to redeem... maybe somewhere we can't even see...
Father God... give me the faith to trust You enough to sacrifice... that I might be a way for others... as Jesus was... is... for me...
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