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July 4, 2013

"Lose to Save"

Scripture Reading:    

Matthew 16:25 (HCSBO)  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

 

Devotion And Meditation:

So many of our Savior's teachings seem paradoxical on the surface, but underneath they are brilliantly true.  How can life be saved by losing it?  How can life be lost by striving to keep it ?  These deepest truths are proved out, not in the classroom or the lecture hall, but in the very minutes, hours and days of our lives...no not the soap opera (Roman Brady has nothing to do with this!).  A missionary doctor was killed in the second world war, leaving behind a young widow who was shattered.  Departing India to return home, she boarded a ship not wanting to live herself.  She spoke to no one on the journey, and stayed alone as much as possible.  Also on board the ship was a boy whose missionary parents had been killed in Burma.  He too, was returning home alone.  The boy approached her one day and said, "You know we are the only two people on this ship who speak English.  Maybe we could be friends."  The widow was too absorbed in grief to respond.  They parted in silence.  But that night, the ship was torpedoed, and began to sink.  The widow felt no fear, only relief.  She did not fight death but welcomed it.  In the chaos of the hour, she saw the boy alone, clinging to the rail and weeping.  In pity, she put her arms around him and held him close as the ship went down.  Two days later they were rescued from the South Atlantic, and rescuers said they could not tell who had saved whom!  Are you able to give up, give in, let go and Let God!  Jesus is waiting to afford you an Independence Day filled with the Fireworks from God and a Divine welcome into His Kingdom.  Are you ready?  Let go of the rail, stop hanging on to existence and embrace Jesus Christ as you walk into Life.  Let go and Let God-Friend resolve today to put more of Jesus in your life and less of yourself!

 

 

Win or lose, I want to make sure that I make God's name great

Pastor Ben J Lahay 
Galatians 2:20