Die!

From a friend:

When Jesus invites us to follow Him, it’s an invitation to die.

Only when we die to ourselves can we truly live for Him.

That kind of surrender goes against every instinct we have.

We want to hang on.

We can’t seem to let go.

We refuse to pull the plug.

But it is only when we die to ourselves that we can finally experience the resurrection power of Christ.

And my add to it is simply this—why do I fight it like I do so often?