Jesus explains that whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever hates his life will save it.
We therefore learn the way of the cross is the best pathway for our salvation. We must learn to follow the way of death to ourselves if we want to save our lives. But if we think that we can live as we please, talk as we please, react as we please, and do what we ourselves want to do or think is best for our lives, we will destroy our own lives. The way of death to self is the way of every true disciple. Are you walking in it?
Jesus says that those who serve Him must follow Him. There we can see that it is possible to serve God without following Jesus. Majority of people in churches today who are serving God are not following Jesus. The life of Jesus is not the one they are seeking to follow as an example. We must learn to have our priorities in order. Following Jesus must come before serving Him. Every time Jesus called His disciples, He always told them to follow Him and it was only later that they served Him.
It's not saying that serving is not important, but rather, serving is good, following is better and following as we serve is the best.
He says that whoever serves Him will be in His presence and such a one will be honoured by the Father.
It's a good thing if God the Father can honour you. This is beyond any earthly honour. Seek for it.
The condition for receiving such an honour is just following Jesus while serving Him. Desire that
Jesus said that His soul was troubled. Unless it were written we couldn't believe that. What an honest confession. He was made like us in every way, He felt the pressures that we face, and that is why He is an example to us. Heb 2:17
He asked, how should I pray for deliverance? But He came for that hour. He prayed, Father glorify your name.
What a prayer to pray. 'Father, glorify your name'. We can also learn from Jesus and follow Him here, that whenever our souls are troubled, we can ask God to glorify His name in that situation. It's not easy but practice makes perfect. Let's learn from Jesus.
A voice came from heaven saying I have glorified it and will glorify it again. In other words, when our prayers are that God may glorify Himself in all situations, He will glorify Himself. Such prayers God cannot ignore.
What is the motives of our prayers, is it to glorify God or our selfish motives? We ought to seek The glory of God in everything and our prayer lives will change dramatically.
The crowds hear the voice and said it thundered and others said an angel spoke to Him. We see that what was so clear to Jesus, the crowds could not understand.
Why was the voice of God clear to Jesus but not to the crowd? Because His whole mindset was set to do the Father's will but the crowd were only interested in being blessed, and what they can get for themselves.
The voice came for the for the sake of others. Jesus always heard the voice of the Father in His spirit. We can also hear from our spirit if we always keep our conscience clear all the time and feed Gods word in our hearts by meditation.
Is God's voice clear to you or you don't even hear. Gen 1 teaches us that God is speaking everyday; therefore if you don't hear Him, the problem is with you, that you are deaf to His voice. The more we decide to walk the way of the cross, the clearer God's voice to our souls will be.
Make it your ambition to obey God and please Him in everything and always say no to your self-will, and you will come to know God better.
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