Who we truly are is revealed not by what we do but by what we want.
That is the ultimate test. What we want is the measure by which we will be ultimately judged.
Truth and facts don’t matter when they conflict with what we want.
Reason is not pure. It is merely a device to justify our desires. We have a breathtaking capacity for rationalization.
Not what we do, but the condition of our heart is the principle thing, which is exposed by what we truly want.
What we want indicates who we’re with which in turn is indicated by what we’re willing to lose.
If we’re with Jesus we have a new heart that wants the kingdom of God, first—that is, above all.
The test of whether we have that heart and whether it truly wants the kingdom of God is what we’re willing to lose to get it.
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”
— Mark 8:35
“So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, ‘You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.’ But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.”
— Luke 18:22-23
“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ”
— Philippians 3:8
“But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.”
— Hebrews 10:32-34
So, test yourselves, whether you’re in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5).
And we can do that with one question:
What do I want most?
For me, I want to be in God with you,
I think.
God will test that. Am I willing to lose comfort and convenience for that? Am I willing to lose “being right” to be reconciled?
The demonic industrial church with her false teachers and prophets teach that the indication of your relationship and favor from God is what you gain.
But the whole counsel of God revealed in the person of Christ says His heart is indicated by what you’re willing to lose for Him.
What do you want most?
