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Today's Devotional

How Do We Live Selflessly? (Luke 9: 23-26)

“Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? 
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.” (Luke 9: 23-26)

The crucial question that we, the Christian, always ask is. 
how do we practically live for Christ in such a dark and selfish world? 
Jesus made it clear when He said to us if you want to follow Him, we must deny ourselves. 
So the first thing we need to do is that we die to our self to find real life. 
This means rejecting our natural desires, submitting to God’s will, and understanding that He alone is good and will lead us to the best. 
As St. Paul said in his epistle to the Galatians, “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” (Galatians 2: 20) 
The world teaches us self-preservation.
But the Gospel teaches us that when we give up our life, we go contrary to the death of the world and find the eternal life of Jesus. 
Second, this takes humility. 
Pride seeks its own way, but humility willingly bows to our Lord and trusts His provision. 
We trust Him to preserve and provide for us instead of our own abilities. 
St. Paul teaches us in his epistle to the Philippians, saying, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 
Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also the interests of others.” (Philippians 2: 3-4) 
Jesus set the example for us to follow. 
Though He was God, He became human and lived as a servant, humbling Himself even to the death on a humiliating cross. 
As the Son of God came to our world to save us, we the sinners, how much more should we? 
In this, we will also reap the same forever and resurrected rewards as sons and daughters of the Father God.
Third, we must walk by the Spirit.
When we live by the Spirit, He leads us to obey God and resist our lusts. 
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” (Galatians 5: 16) 
The Spirit gives us power to choose love, joy, and righteousness over sin. 
We must follow His lead moment by moment, listening to His voice. 
As we walk with Him, He produces fruit through us to help others. 
Fourth, this fruit comes from living selflessly in Jesus’ love and generosity. 
Christ ultimately gave His life so that we could live and be reconciled to the Father God. 
He calls us to do the same, saying, “Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 13: 34) 
God promises to reward those who serve Him. 
In this life, He gives us His peace, a purpose, and provides for our needs. 
For eternity, He makes us inheritors of His kingdom in a new heaven and new earth (Revelation 22)
Amen.

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