"Because thy loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee" Psalm 63:3
"Greater love hath no man than this: that he lay down his life for his friend" John 15:13
"whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 16:25
Today it I realized that I can make the choice to lay down my life for Christ today.
It was a startling revelation. I have always seen losing your life as this special calling that very few even get the opportunity to do. Here in the modern age of tolerance, you may lose your job, lose your friends, even be jailed or fined, we are very rarely required to die for the faith.
But my life is more than cognizance and breathing; it is what I do, and who I am. It is the everyday. We say "get a life" or "that guy has no life" about living breathing people, because of their activities (or lack thereof), not based on whether their heart is beating.
When I apply that perspective to some verses, they take on a whole new meaning:
'Because God's lovingkindness is better than anything I do, my lips shall praise him.'
'I can't have greater love than to give up everything I am for the greatest friend: Jesus Christ.'
'whoever removes every innocent, but unprofitable distraction from their lives shall find me'
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me"
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