It really is the great exchange. Christ died for us all and in return we live for Him.
“And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5 v 15)
- So we don’t focus on our own comfort and pleasure as the most important factor of our life.
- So we don’t make decisions solely based on our own personal benefits.
- So we don’t view relationships through the lens of what we can gain from them.
- So we don’t own anything, it is all His.
- So we do adopt what is important to Christ into our lives.
- So we do offer all our time, talents and resources as gifts to serve Him.
- So we do find our identity in Christ not in this world.
- So we do embrace a life of gratitude which flows from the cross.
Much of this is countercultural, for we stop living for ourselves and start living for He who died for us.
This is discipleship.
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