DEATH TO THE EGO

Death to the ego is the only way to be free from its harassment. This is why Jesus said that if anyone wants to follow Him must take up his cross (die). Death to the ego is to die to all the selfish and self pleasing ways. Death to the ego is to be open to the needs of others and to be blind to the needs of self. Jesus always looked up and out, never in and down. To be a blessing you need to be the same. It is only the up and out will change the world and turn it upside down. The way of the world and self is in and down. Up and out is to embrace all as Christ did when He died for the whole world. The world rejects Him because the world is possessed with itself. How short sighted is the world that it cannot see beyond its self. This is the way of the world and the extreme of this ego state is narcissism. . Narcissism is a state of complete turning inwards that all you can see and admire is yourself. This state is a complete rejection of others and a preoccupation with self. Jesus was the opposite of narcissism when He left everything He had and came in the form of man to die for him. When you die to your ego, you die to your self. This releases you to be selfless and open to God to use you for His purpose. This is your eternal destiny and mission. Come Holy Spirit and burn this truth into me.