Die To Yourself.

People say this phrase all the time. "You must die to yourself to find God." But, what does it really mean? Obviously the literal meaning is to give up all your wants and your desires, so there is room for the Lord to show you what He has in store for you and what His wants and His desires are for you. But why do we "die" to ourselves in the first place?


Recently, I was thinking about life and death. The bible says in Philippians 1:21 "21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Now what does this mean? Well, lets look at a literal meaning. On the Earth, when we are living and breathing physically, were living for Christ and sharing His word. We are working for the Lord, and alive. But, when we die, we enter a much greater life, eternal life. In this life, we can run with Jesus forever, and God we will worship all the time. How amazing? So dieing is far more gain then living.


So, when you look at "Dieing to yourself" it only makes sense that in order to be CLOSER to Him, we must die to ourselves. When we die physically, we are brought closer to Him in eternal life, so when we die to ourselves on the earth we are brought closer to Him spiritually.


Empty yourself of you, so you can be filled with the Spirit and alive.