If you’re had enough of your own mess, raise the bar

“For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God].” The life I live, I live by the faith of the Son of God (Galatians 2:20). We have been crucified with Christ, our plans and desires of the lower life on earth have been changed. The life we should now live in the body should be directed towards the desires, and plans of the Lord for us. We have been crucified with Him and now raised into a brand new way of living. Should you choose not to live this new life, nothing you do will be great, or have any major effect on helping others. Most importantly you will not be as effective in advancing the kingdom of God forward, which is a part of the higher spiritual life. Yes, we lose the old way of living for a new way. The new way is designed to direct us to our God given purpose. Whoever wants to continue their old way of living, will lose their new way of living provided by the Lord. Whoever loses their old way of living for the Lord’s sake will save themselves from all that goes along with the lower nature. The appetites of the lower nature (our flesh) can over take us into unwanted or unintentional troubles. The life lived by faith in the Son of God stays the hand of judgement when we screw up (1John 1:7), and brings help in times of need. You can’t stop a dog from barking the same way we can’t stop troubles that go along with the lower life.