THE EXCHANGED LIFE

Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
Matthew 16:25

There was no middle ground of discipleship to Jesus. *People could not be half in and half out.* He challenged his disciples: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me' (Mathew 16:24).

This was the very thing the disciples told Jesus not to do. After telling them He would go to Jerusalem and die, Peter said ‘Never Lord…This shall never happen to you’ (Mathew 16:22). But that is exactly what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus, *an obedience right to the end;* including to death if need be.

That is when Jesus gave the challenge: If you want to save your life, go ahead, but you will lose it in the end. If you lose your life, however, you will find it (Matthew 16:25).

One great servant of God wrote these words in his diary: ‘ *He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose* .’

Everything we give to Jesus Christ is only for a short time, but everything He gives us is eternal. That’s why it’s a fool who says, ‘I want to hang on to my own life and do my own thing.’ *As we hand over our life to Jesus Christ, He hands over His life to us* .

It is called ‘ *the exchanged life* .’ What may look like loss in our naivety is really gain.

Are you living the exchanged life? Are your resources found in Christ?

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I offer my life to You, please use it for your glory in Jesus name....Amen🙏🏼

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