[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: [CWWC] IT IS HARDER TO LIVE FOR JESUS

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IT IS HARDER TO LIVE FOR JESUS


Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/25698060.2794/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9TWF0dC4xNi4yNA/5ef562bd10222374f46b6174B1
139338f> Matthew 16:24

Jesus' first call to those interested in Him was "Come and see!" (
<https://link.biblegateway.com/click/25698060.2794/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmlibGVnY
XRld2F5LmNvbS9wYXNzYWdlLz9zZWFyY2g9Sm9obi4xLjM5/5ef562bd10222374f46b6174Ce73
7c115> John 1:39). As His disciples spent more time with Him, Jesus' call
became more demanding and required more commitment.

Here He calls those who would be His disciples to make the ultimate
sacrifice and "Come and die!"

Jesus was the last person Sundar Singh was looking for as a late teenager in
India at the turn of the 20th Century. After all, Jesus was the "foreign
god" of the Christian teachers at his school. A zealous Sikh, Sundar had
publicly torn up a portion of the Bible to protest its claims. One night as
he prayed he became conscious of a light shining in the room. He looked
outside to make sure it was not someone shining a light. Gradually the light
took the form of a globe of fire and in it he saw the face of Jesus. Sundar
threw himself on the ground and surrendered His life to Jesus.

The following months proved to be very difficult for Sundar and his family.
Becoming a follower of Christ was not taken lightly by his family nor his
community. He was excommunicated. He cut his hair, a gesture that did not
make things any easier with his family who were convinced he had renounced
his Sikh heritage.

A month after he was baptized in the year 1905, he took the vow of a sadhu.
He gave away his meagre possessions, put on a saffron robe and became a
barefooted wandering man of God. Among Christians the world over, this
barefoot Sadhu was later called the "apostle of the bleeding feet" because
the soles of his feet were often covered in bloody blisters. The life of a
sadhu is hard and entirely dependent on God. Sadhu Sundar Singh's needs were
met entirely through the kindness of people he met wherever he went.

Sundar Singh is credited as the first missionary to cross the Himalayan
Mountains to take the gospel to Nepal and Tibet. At thirty-six-years-of-age
he made his last trip over the mountains. He never returned and is assumed
to have been a martyr for Jesus.

In his diary left behind he had written, "It is easy to die for Christ. It
is hard to live for Him. Dying takes only a few minutes-or at worst an hour
or two-but to live for Christ means to die daily to myself."

RESPONSE: Today I will do the "hard" thing: die to myself and live for Jesus
and others who need His love.

PRAYER: Help me Lord to live worthy of the calling as Your disciple. Show me
the cross You want me to carry today.

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