Our Life is Worth to Much

I love Matthew 4:18-22 when Jesus calls Simon, called Peter and his brother Andrew. Then in the same day calls James and John. They were all fisherman and fishing when Jesus passed by and told them to come and follow him. What is so powerful about this story is that they immediately left there livelihood and family to follow Jesus. They had no idea what was in the calling, but they followed. They had no idea what the following would cost, but blindly followed Jesus, the man of God.

God is seeking those who will hear His voice and immediately obey it without considering all the ramifications. We like to analyze, speculate and consider the whole picture. I am not saying this is a bad thing, but often after considering the whole picture, we don't obey. Why do people often not obey the Word of the Lord or the calling of God? I think Acts 20:24 has the answer to this question.

" However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace."

The answer to this question is that we put to great a worth on our lives. We put to great a worth on ourselves. We are unwilling to change. We don't want to change our plans. We don't want to change our ways. We don't want to abandon our comfortable way of life. We like our life how it is.

What does it take to obey immediately. It requires us taking our eyes off of self and onto God. It requires thinking less of ourselves and more of God. It requires us believing that God's plan is better than our plan.

We need to consider our life worth nothing compared to the life we have in Christ. This runs contrary to everything in our human nature. The human nature is to survive no matter what the cost. The human nature is live no matter what the cost. Yet, Christ say it is those who die that will live. Lord help us to die to ourselves.