It's O.K. to be a looser!

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. Luke 9:23-24 KJV

This verse which I have read many times hit me last night. As I walk through this new journey of faith things in the Bible mean a lot more to me. One of my fears is that people see me as a looser. In the world's eyes I might be, but who I am as a follower of Jesus is found in Jesus Christ. As a Christian we are never promised that it is going to be easy. We want it to be easy, but it's not. So if I am willing to loose every thing for Christ, I will be saving my life. Does not make since if I loose it all I will then gain it all. But this verse is not talking about stuff. If I gave Christ my mind, body and soul I might loose some worldly things but I will gain more than I ever thought it was possible. Like, peace, joy, love, patience and the list goes on. It is so easy for me to justify things that I know that do not honor God. I use to get in to fights with people when they called me a looser. Today I can say thank you! I want to walk the walk more than I talk the talk. God is able to use the losers in the world more than the proud. Or the humble in heart.