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Daily Devotion

            What does it truly look like to follow Jesus? To take a sip of coffee and have nice poster boards and tee shirts that say Jesus is my homeboy while living in our comfortable westernized dream? A simple and profound answer: NO! For many have sadly fallen into this trap including myself at times. We like following Jesus as long as it is comfortable, predictable, and on our own terms. The call to follow Jesus was never easy, it is costly. To follow Jesus is to die to ourselves daily, pick up our cross daily, sacrifice our own desires daily, and daily surrender our imperfect will to His perfect one. It is easy to retort and say, "Why is it worth it if we have to forsake all of our earthly comfort to do something that seems impossible and quite frankly, painful?" There are a few things that we need to remember. Our sin put us as God's enemies who had a sin debt so large that we could never possibly pay it. We were rightfully hell bound. But by God the Father's great mercy, He sent His son Jesus to die for us and to pay the penalty we rightfully earned so that we could become God's children. Christ voluntarily came and suffered for our sake. He was on a mission of love to bring us back to Himself and to save us from our sinful and destructive lives. Jesus perfectly yielded His will to the Father even unto the cross where He was mocked, beaten, and crucified for our sins. Through His death, He purchased eternal life for us. This suffering that we endure for His sake now is but temporary and a vapor. It will all fade and we will be with Him in glory for all of eternity!
   

Taken in: United States / Minnesota / Cramer (show map)

Taken on: July 8, 2023

Tags:

Waterfall

Waterfalls

North

Shore

Superior

National

Forest

Caribou

Falls

Nature

Outdoors

Canon

EOS

5Ds

Sigma

24-70mm

f/2.8

HSM

ART

Christian

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Sets appears in: • Favorite Landscapes • U . S . A more » • Minnesota • Waterfalls • Forests • Summer « less

Groups appears in: • Let us celebrate Water!

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