We sell ourselves too cheap.

In a challenging statement Jesus told a crowd of interested seekers, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Choosing to follow Jesus carries a hefty price tag. Taking up a cross is akin to carrying an electric chair on your back. It was an instrument of death. You give up your life so that Jesus can take it and do with it as he will.

The trade-off cannot be more stark. In play is our eternal destiny. Jesus goes on the say, What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

The idea of a soul appears quaint today. Thinkers claim we exist as purely physical beings, accidents resulting from impersonal forces acting over eons and eons. Humankind evolved as soulless beings.

But most suspect there’s more. Plethoras of religions and beliefs span human history. Every tribe and tongue and people group worshipped something, pointing to a deep-rooted need to connect with the divine. Our hearts cry out to reach our heavenly Father, whether we realize it’s him we need or not.

Don’t sell yourself too cheap.

Souls are created to worship. Yours is too exceptionally valuable to give away in exchange for wealth or popularity or success. Offer your soul to the Lord Jesus, and let our amazing God do with it as he will. Then you will enjoy an investment with unlimited returns.

Mark 8:34-38

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