Sunday, June 28, 2026

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: RECEIVING BY LOSING

THEME SCRIPTURE:  “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” —Matthew 10:39

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PREPARATORY QUESTION

1. What “life” are you protecting that Christ is asking you to surrender?

 

Jesus dismantles the instinct for self-preservation.

He says you can “find” your life—build it, secure it, optimize it, protect it— and still end up losing it. Or you can lose it for His sake and actually find it. Not metaphorically. Fundamentally.

This is not about carelessness. It is about ownership. The illusion that your life is ultimately yours to manage is what Jesus challenges.

The paradox is sharp: clinging produces loss; surrender produces discovery.

Many people live carefully but not faithfully. They arrange their lives to minimize risk, disappointment, and cost. Yet in doing so, they often miss the very life God intended to reveal through obedience.

The “self” Jesus calls you to lose is not your identity in Him— it is your independent control over that identity. The version of life built around comfort, approval, and self-directed security.

Following Christ will require you to release versions of life you once defended: plans that made sense without God, relationships that preserve your image, and choices that avoid sacrifice.

And here is the uncomfortable truth: you do not fully know how much you're attached and how much you're hungry for control until God asks you to let go of the self.

Loss in the Kingdom is never wasted. It is redirection. What you surrender is not erased— it is redefined under God’s authority.

But this exchange is not painless. It confronts fear. It confronts the need to be in control. It confronts the desire to keep options open instead of committing fully to obedience.

Yet Jesus does not soften the terms. He states the reality: finding yourself apart from Him is impossible.

Key Takeaway

A life held tightly in self-control is ultimately lost; a life surrendered to Christ is truly found.

So the question is not whether something will be lost. The question is whether what is lost will be temporary or eternal.

Remain blessed.

 

FURTHER READING: Matthew 16:24–26; Luke 9:23–25; Mark 8:35; Galatians 2:20

 

Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.

 

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD

1. What areas of your life are you still trying to control independently from God?

2. What would it cost you to fully obey Christ right now?

3. Are you more committed to comfort or to calling?

 

PRAYER

Lord, I release my grip on the life I built apart from You. Teach me to trust Your definition of life over mine. Help me lose what is false so I can find what is true in You. In Jesus' precious name, Amen.

 

One-Year Bible Reading Plan

Ecclesiastes 14, Psalm 148