Pick up your cross...

Job said, after losing his family, his friends, his house, his animals, his servants, etc..."The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." How can we be like this? I remember I've been always talking about all these metaphors like stepping out of a boat and what not to walk on water. Well, just like me, Peter sank in the water, but this is why I must grab on to Jesus. Have to hold on to Him, follow Him, and be with Him above all. I shouldn't look at the world around me and get lost in it. It's so easy to succumb to sadness when things don't go the way we want them to. But the thing is that it is God's plan. Who is God ba? God is the one in control and He only gives us what is good. Therefore, why are we to complain? How can we tell God, "God, you are not fair!" We can't. "God, I've been serving you for years and years, giving up everything I've wanted for you, why?" But you see, the thing is that we must realize that if we accuse God of not being fair, it means that we expect God to be overridden by some sort of justice or morality. Isn't that funny cause God IS the measuremnet of justice and He is God.
I may have said this before, but this is new insights. Lance Hahn said that isn't it funny that Jesus says we shoudl pick up our cross and follow Him, yet never mentions putting it down? It's cause we are not supposed to put it down. We are to pick up our cross and walk with it and follow Him. THere shouldn't be all of this, "God, I need a break." "God, I can't do this anymore." It is calling to God for help, but we keep on carrying our cross for Him. Serving God with our life must be above all.
"I love you," said teh Lord, yet we ask him, "How have you loved us?" We acknowledge so much that God has done, yet we fail to rest in His love. Every time we sin, we say to Him, "Do you really love us?" It's our way of saying, 'I don't think you love me, that's why I'm committing this sin because i don't trust you that this is wrong for me."
Just trust God. Pick up your cross. On your feet, soldier. And walk out there serving Him with your life. Die to self, live through Christ. And if it means giving up everything - all my hopes, all my dreams, my loves, my burdens, my sadness, my joy, my comforts - then so be it because He gave His all for me.
The Lord gives and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.