Luke 9 says "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?"
We need to pick up our cross daily. It's not a one time thing. We don't just put our cross necklace, or WWJD bracelet on and call it good. We sin every day, and we are here to bring worship to God every day, so every day needs to be treated as something new. Every day we have the opportunity to worship by choosing to give that day to the Lord by sacrificing our selfish desires and choosing to pursue His desires.
If we're not pursuing the Lord's desires, we're losing. We may end up in a big house, with fancy cars with dinner dates at fancy restaurants, but if we turned away from God to gain it, then we're losing our life. We're choosing earthly pleasure over the reward of eternal life in Heaven. It's hard to grasp eternity and how glorious Heaven will be, so some people will turn away from God to enjoy what the world has to offer to them now, but they will be forfeiting themselves to an eternity in Hell.
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