Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 16:24-28
by: Paul Andries.
If you want to follow the Lord, know that it will cost you something. We often tell people that salvation costs nothing, which is true-you cannot do anything to earn it. However, by accepting this gift you are in essence relinquishing all your rights, wills, and desires to God. No longer what "I" want, but what "He" wants. Your attitude should be one of submissiveness to the one against whom you have rebelled. The question is no longer who I am, but whose I am. All personal agendas no longer exist. You must literally ask yourself, "Is this something God wants, or something I want?" If it is something that you want, then it must go. But if it is something He is giving you permission to have, then take hold of it.