You can’t hold onto anything in this world
If you seek to save something, you will lose it
A law of God
He promised that If we give up our earthly possessions
and fleshly desires to Him, we will attain much more important things
Jesus talked to us about our earthly treasures:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:19-21
The eye has not seen nor has the ear heard
the good things that God has for those who wait for Him
If we trust Jesus with our most precious possessions
and people for that matter,
our hopes and dreams, anything in this world that is important to us,
if we offer our earthly treasures to Him on His altar,
and let Him use our lives for His glory,
we will be surprised at times at how quickly we can let go
and will sometimes suffer grief
of our own earthly kingdom being torn down
What is really taking place is the building of His kingdom in our lives
Let go of your love of the world,
place it on His altar
if any man love the world
the love of the father is not in Him
When the flesh is torn away or put under submission to the Holy Spirit,
we will often feel it
we may even mourn its loss
We must not cling to anything, even up to and including our lives
The admonition is: Completely give your life and all its contents to serve Him
Offer to Him those things that you hold dear
both physical and other things you cherish such as noble attributes
Be willing to offer it all to Him on the Cross
There should be nothing to hang your hat on
Apart from Him, we are empty, useless vessels
Dying to the flesh
Taking up our crosses daily
Putting our hand to the plough
and not looking back lest we turn into a pillar of salt
Scriptural References:
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matthew 19:29
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 2 Corinthians 2:9 see also Isaiah 64:4
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1 Corinthians 15:31
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26