Everything and Nothing

What are you trying to hang on to that Jesus wants you to let go of and turn over to Him for safekeeping? I've had to give up some things in my life that I thought I never could, but ultimately it brought me closer to Christ.

Jesus said it Himself in Matthew 16:25, "For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." The thing you're gripping so tight might be the very thing keeping you from what God's got for you.

"This earth is not my home, I'm just passing through." We toss that phrase around a lot. But here's the problem with standing apart from someone, you never have a chance to stand with them. Representing Christ will often take us in opposite directions of where our culture is headed, but that's not about separation from people. It's about bringing a lifestyle and a love that is worlds apart from culture.

Christ offers everyone a new lifestyle. I call it the vagrant faith. In this economy of the kingdom of God, no one is greater because he gives, and no one is lesser because he receives. In Christ, I have everything I need, yet own nothing. It's not the money we have that makes one rich or poor. One's richness is the degree to which one wants to conform to Jesus, and to understand that all they have is not theirs, but God's.

So may the vagrant faith spirit of having everything and owning nothing be your lifestyle. When you find that, you find your true identity in Christ. Now that's something I can buy into. And I can buy it at no charge. Such a deal.

Be Nice. Grace Wins.

FMJ