Take Up your Cross and Follow Him

Take Up your Cross and Follow Him

1. Matthew 16:24

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

2. The half hearted kamakazi (http://epicvelocity.wordpress.com/)



Kamikaze pilots are only useful if they are committed to their mission. You cannot have involvement without commitment and be effective. It goes with the territory. Once you are committed, you’ll find resources, energy and people follow. Commitment precedes results.

There was a story of a Kamikaze Pilot who was amazingly interviewed about how he returned from his 50th mission. He said, “Well it’s like this…I was very involved, but not very committed.” God has called us to be more than just involved; Christ has called us to be completely committed to Him and His mission. Let’s face it - it’s easy to be involved, but not committed.

http://epicvelocity.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/catalyst-the-half-hearted-kamikaze/