… [L]et us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. 3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up. 4After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin. (Hebrews 12:1-4, NLT)
Would you have been willing to give your life to save your son or daughter? How about for your husband or wife, brother or sister, mother or father or even a grandparent? Would you be willing to give your life for a perfect stranger that wouldn’t even say thank you?
But does Jesus even ask us to give our lives for humanity? Why then do we believe it so difficult to make a choice of faith? Perhaps it’s because it’s not just one decision, in practice. We often focus so much on that one day when Jesus gave His life for us we forget the life of decisions He made leading up to that day. Even Jesus struggled to accept God’s will for His life:
He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him. He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. (Luke 22: 39-44, NLT)
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