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The “Go” Of Unconditional Identification
Mark 10:21
“One thing thou lackest... come, take up the cross and follow me.”
Key Passages
… He puts absolute annihilation of my right to myself and identification with Himself – a relationship with Himself in which there is no other relationship.
The look of Jesus will mean a heart broken forever from allegiance to any other person or thing.
Where you are “soft” with God is where the Lord has looked at you.
The only “good thing” from Jesus Christ's point of view is union with Himself and nothing in between.
I must reduce myself until I am a mere conscious man, I must fundamentally renounce possessions of all kids, not to save my soul (only one thing saves a man – absolute reliance upon Jesus Christ) – but in order to follow Jesus.
My Own Thoughts
Renouncing possessions is no easy task. I like all the cool stuff I have. Guitars, computers, vehicles, our house.... all my toys. I often question myself if I could easily let go of all the stuff I have if I had to, to follow Jesus. I mean I am following him now, but I question myself on where He ranks somedays. And this doesn't just relate to physical possessions. It relates to immaterial stuff like my self image, the image I portray to others. Do I care more about the reflection of Christ I am being to those around me, than I care about my self image or reputation, or my toys? It's a question I think that needs asking each and every day, and every hour of each day. I think we have to constantly realign our interest and desires so that Christ is constantly at the top.
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