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Lose Yourself and Gain Jesus

We as Christians are instructed in the Bible to lose ourselves. Sometimes we get so caught up in what’s going on inside of us and in our minds that we forget who Jesus really is. He’s our salvation, our peace and our understanding. It’s through the Scripture that we are taught by God how to lose ourselves and gain Jesus.

Today I want to go over five different areas in which you can lose yourself and gain Jesus. These are short and to the point. It’s a great way to realign your thinking for the day or gain Biblical insight you weren’t previously aware of. If you enjoy this read, please share, like and comment.

1.) Realize it’s not about YOU anymore

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

When Christ was nailed up on that cross of Calvary, He died not only for our sins, but for us. We are bought and paid for in full. We are His and we belong to Him. When we realize that our life isn’t our own post-conversion, we realize that He’s the one everything in this life is for. Being a mere instrument and tool for God’s work is a blessing and should be a focus of every Christian’s mind day in and day out.

The world has a tendency to focus on the “me” aspect of our daily lives and Jesus says “No” to that. It’s not about the difficulties you’re struggling with, it’s not about the hardships you’re having, it’s about focusing our sights on the Lord and believing in Him and trusting God and His strength alone.

Lose Yourself And Gain Jesus - Image Of Galatians 2:20 With Flowers

2.) Leave the past behind

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 
Ephesians 4:22-24

Just like when we get out of a pair of stinky clothes, we need to shed that life of sin and corruption. Leave that past behind you. In verse 23 it states “made new in the attitude of your mind” and if you look at the KJV of this verse, it translates it as, “And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”

Even if you’ve been a Christian for most of your life, it’s important we continue to renew our mind and leave yesterday in the past. It takes time to build godly habits and we should never stop growing.

3.) See everything outside of God as garbage

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8

The world teaches us to get a good job, make lots of money and own nice stuff. The Scripture tells us to forget about it. This verse specifically tells us that everything outside of Jesus is garbage. The KJV uses “dung” instead of garbage in it’s translation of the passage. Regardless, everything is pushed to the side in comparison to how important Jesus is.

While this seems simple for Christians to do, the actions we live everyday can reflect a different opinion. Is Jesus number one in our life? We must analyze how we are conducting ourselves everyday in order to get a feel for it. Where is our time spent? Our energy? Our resources? If we claim the name of the Lord and yet do not abide in constant commune with Christ, who is He according to our lives?

It makes me think about that question I see going around the internet. It asks, “If you were taken to court for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” It’s a discovery question that helps us analyze our life and see where we are truly relying on God and where we can improve.

Everything is garbage outside of Jesus Christ, does our life reflect this truth?

We must focus on God and make Him the center of our lives every single day.

4.) Pick up your cross daily

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
Luke 9:23

Back in Jesus’ day, the cross wasn’t a symbol of atonement. It was a symbol of agony, pain and death. What’s being said in this passage is we are Christians are to be dying to self day in and day out. Jesus understands our struggle in relation to dying to ourselves and thus the reason why we have so many passages on the subject matter.

This plays closely along the same line as renewing our mind. Picking up our cross is a continuous progression of growth and spiritual development we must work on each day.

5.) Watch Yourself Die | Lose Yourself and Gain Jesus

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24

Our selfish will and own desires only honor one person, ourselves. When we enter into a relationship with God and Jesus is our Lord and savior this changes. While we still have that hunk of flesh we carry around, it’s dead.

This shouldn’t be confused with being unhappy, unjoyful or anything along those lines. When we die to self, we lose our desires for selfishness. Instead, we have a holy and righteous agenda that aligns with God when we stay in communion with Him.

We leave the past behind us, carry our cross daily and we see the old self die, along with all those old desires we once had. Then, we can lose ourselves and live like Jesus.

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Comments(5)

    • Andrew

    • 7 years ago

    Thanks for writing this up. I appreciate your scriptural thoughts, especially #2 and #5.
    I was raised in a Christian family, but looking back I never really understand what it meant that we all die with Christ. I understood the meaning of our sinful desires being put to death, but I didn’t fully understand dying into Christ’s death.

    I don’t suppose it’s a thing you could really understand until you’ve experienced it. Now I get it. I don’t know who that person that I used to be even was anymore. But I thank God that he, that I… died. Sometimes it is hard to “leave the past behind”. You feel like that is who you are. You’ve built up this entire person throughout your whole life, it defines you. Maybe it will be an entirely miserable, uncomfortable, and awkward experience to start over from scratch. Maybe it means letting go of everyone around you, all of your friends. Maybe it takes years to build a new person, when the old one dies. But it is worth it. Thank God.

    • Donna Young

    • 6 years ago

    Thank You

    • Terri Woods

    • 6 years ago

    Best descriptive for my current situation and the comment the gentleman wrote that you will really never know unless you experience it is all me. Thank you for sharing my life needed this tool to stay sane and overcome in Christ the embracing of the new me He is building.

      • T.K. Chapin

      • 6 years ago

      Thanks for leaving a comment and reading! Keep your eyes on Jesus and fret not, Terri! Take care!

  1. Thank you, I agree. Sometimes we become so caught up with our day to day activities that we lose focus on the plans God has for us. I’ve learned to be more intentional about communing with God before making decisions because grace is needed for every assignment. The more I lose my own perspective about life and stay in God’s will, I experienced more peaceful days. Matt 10:39, whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake, will find it.

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