Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
If it dies, it bears much fruit.
This is the paradox of our Christian faith. It is only by losing ourselves that we find new life. It is
in burying our selfish aims and ambition that we are of real use to God. That's what Jesus wanted
his followers to understand.
The grain that must fall to the earth was himself, but it is also each of us. Only as we lose our lives
do we find them. "Those who love their life lose it," said Jesus, "and those who hate their life in
this world will keep it for eternal life."
(John 12:24
NRSV)
Jesus said, "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but
if it dies, it bears much fruit."
God of faith, may I fully give myself to you, so that I can truly live by faith. Amen.
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