THE LIFE WE DISCOVER IN CHRIST
"Trusting God involves surrendering our own lives to discover the life He has prepared for us. Following Him will involve steps of faith and things we must release. Our paths may look different, but a life entrusted to Him can bear fruit that lasts for eternity"
The Beauty of a Life Entrusted to God
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Matthew 16:25 (NKJV)
There is a wonderful truth hidden within these words of Jesus, one that I believe we can spend a lifetime discovering.
The more completely we entrust our lives to Christ, the more we begin to understand what life was truly meant to be.
When Jesus spoke these words, He was explaining the cost of following Him. Yet within that challenge was an extraordinary promise.
There was a life to be found that we could never discover by holding tightly to our own ambitions, securities, and understanding.
Think about the Apostle Paul.
He had position, reputation, religious knowledge and considerable personal achievements. Yet when he encountered Jesus, his understanding of what truly mattered changed completely.
In Philippians 3:7–8, Paul says he counted what he once considered gain as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ.
Paul had discovered something more precious than everything he had previously considered important.
And I believe there is a beautiful encouragement here for every one of us.
God has created each of us with purpose. He has given us abilities, experiences, opportunities and relationships through which His love and goodness can be expressed.
As we surrender ourselves to Him, even the ordinary things of life begin to take on eternal significance.
A word spoken in kindness. An act of forgiveness. A prayer offered in faith. A willingness to serve when nobody is watching.
These things may seem insignificant to the world, but they matter greatly in the Kingdom of God.
A life entrusted to Jesus can leave an eternal inheritance in others' lives.
And perhaps this is something we need to understand more deeply.
Surrender does not mean that our lives suddenly become easy or that every question is answered. Following Jesus may take us along roads we would never have chosen for ourselves.
Yet along those roads, we can discover a depth of fellowship with Him that comfort and familiarity could never have taught us.
We begin to discover that our security rests in His faithfulness, our identity is established in His love, and our deepest fulfilment comes through knowing Him.
There is also a gentle but important challenge for us here.
Have we become so occupied with asking God to bless the life we are building that we have overlooked the life He is inviting us to live?
Jesus never promised that following Him would cost us nothing. But He did promise that in giving ourselves to Him, we would find true life.
What a wonderful invitation!
To live with open hands and a willing heart. To recognise that everything we have received can become something through which God blesses another.
And above all, to discover that the greatest reward of following Jesus is Jesus, Himself.
So today, whatever lies before you, may your heart be encouraged to trust Him more deeply.
There is great freedom in knowing that we belong to Christ.
We have been given something far greater than a life to protect. We have been invited into a life to be lived with Him, for Him and through Him.
And when our earthly journey is complete, may the testimony of our lives be found in the love we have shared, the faith we have demonstrated, and the lives touched by the grace of God working through us.
For the greatest fruit of a surrendered life is that Christ is glorified, and something of eternal value remains.
Amen Amen
Gordon Whyte
The Gathering
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