"And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."
John 12:23-26
We are all called to believe in Jesus and follow Him. He died and rose from the dead that all who entrust their lives will no perish but have eternal life (John 3:16.) If we continue to love our lives, seeking to protect ourselves from harm, loss or suffering; if we continue to build for ourselves a life of pleasure and self-wrought-contentment, we will in the end find it swept away in the deluge of God's wrath. Jesus calls us to invest our life completely in him, for our own good and for His Father's glory:
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Matthew 7:24-27
Have you fully entrusted your life to Jesus? Do you consider your life to not be your own, but rather belonging to God; purchased and redeemed by Jesus Christ the lamb of God? If you do, then rest in his love and obey him out of relationship. If, however, you see you are fully invested in making your life as good as you can; if you love your life then you desperately need to change direction. Christ offers eternal life to you and this starts when you surrender all to Him. Every Christian lives a new life in Christ and can say with the Apostle Paul:
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
