Matthew 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
The world operates under the assumption that those who grab are those who get and that those who give are those who lose - to get something, you must grab it and to give something up is to have lost something.
But the Word operates under a different principle: those who grab lose what they have and those who give gain what they lose. Those who demand respect can't gain it and those who endure disrespect gain it. Those who try to save themselves guarantee their defeat and those who wave the white flag before God are more than victorious through Christ who loves them.
"Authority flows to those who take responsibility. Authority flees from those who don't." -- Douglas Wilson
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