Why I Can't Say No

When you step out to follow God... maybe it will be crazy. Maybe the places He takes you will appear irrational. The things He will ask you to do are incredibly hard. Stepping out of your comfort zone.. Maybe... people think you are going crazy. (I think I'm already crazy though) Thing is some people will question your judgment. Some people will think you are doing "too much" or going "overboard", "not thinking straight" Maybe they think it's messing up your life, risking your health, wasting finances... the list is endless. Sometimes for little moments sometimes I question if maybe I really am going insane. But then I close my eyes and picture this...

I'm standing there, way back in time.. Watching as my Jesus, is mocked, shamed, beaten, tortured. I watch as the crown of thorns is hammered onto his head, I watch as he is whipped and laid upon the cross. And those nails, pierced through His hands and feet for MY sin. And I'm standing there in front of Him while the blood pours out of His body for me. And then I get to look Him in the face, and give Him my answer. Yes I will go. Yes I will do. Or no I won't. You are asking too much of me. I think, if anything was too much, it's what Jesus endured on the cross so that we could be freed from our own sin. I think I have lost the ability to say no to my Savior, My God, the one whom owns my life.

I challenge you. If there is something in your life God asked or told you to do. Think about this. Close your eyes... tell the Jesus on the cross your answer. And follow through. It will be hard. It will be difficult. Sometimes you will want to give up. But remember what Jesus did for us, for me, for you. Remember that He never once gave up on us. Even when it cost his life. So I cannot possibly tell Him anything less then "My Father, I am Yours. My answer is yes to Your perfect will."
                                                                                                                                   ~Kriss