Heralds Digest

  “ 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 The prudent expense of treasure, talent, and time has different known scales of rewarding excellence, like the highest net worth of economic value, the first class of academic value, the most influential of social value, etc. People who pursue these scales will reasonably pay attention to the principle of saving than spending, especially when there is no proven evidence of a worthwhile investment in the spending. Therefore, beyond treasure, talent, and time, we seem to spend our lives on projects and people with guaranteed returns of investment. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as guaranteed return of investment for any life spent outside the Will of God. Only the life spent pursuing the purpose of God for its existence is guaranteed to receive the prize of achievement at the end of time. The desires to save our lives encourage children of Go...

  “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 https://www.bible.com/114/mat.16.25.nkjv Life is apparently meaningless without the pursuit of things relating to self, like wealth, fame, comfort, recognition, etc. The protection these self-centred lift of interests is mostly the major consideration in all decision-making processes. Even when the disciples of Jesus had the privilege of providing counsel to Jesus on His planned submission to the Cross, they opted for the conservative interest on the basis of their continued companionship with the Saviour. ‘What is in this for me (or my loved ones)?’ is often the finality of all considerations in life, compared to ‘What is in this for God’?. Therefore, Jesus responded with a superior consideration: ‘whoever loses his life for My(selfless) sake will find it’. In pursuit of an absolute will of God or a selfless sake, there must be the willingness to...