Finding Life

Not once for all, but the giving of life daily for Christ’s sake is the daily finding of life. By losing life you find life. This is an unfailing law in both the lower and higher life. By expending muscle you find muscle, by expending life you find life. A selfish act is a self-destroying act. A self-denying act is a self-developing act. Every act done for Christ’s sake identifies you with Christ. You become a part of that for which you do an act, and it becomes a part of you. To do things for the world’s sake is to become a part of the world. The more love for Christ you put in what you do, the more closely it unites you with Him. 0 Jesus, intensify our love for Thee! You can put a whole heart full of love in a very small deed, and then the deed has lost its smallness. You can put love for Christ in doing things for yourself as well as in doing things for others. In fact, with a true, sincere Christian there is no such thing as doing for yourself and doing for others. Every act, whether done for yourself or for others, is an act done for Christ. Those who love Jesus do not do one single thing in caring for themselves or others that is not done solely for His sake. This is finding life.