If it came to it, would you be willing to die for Jesus?  I think we all would say, “Yes, if being faithful to Jesus meant forfeiting my life, I would die for Jesus.”  However, the thing about questions like that is that in this day and age, or at least in our culture, we’re likely to never be asked to make that decision.  It’s easy to say the words, “Yes, I’d die for Jesus,” especially when I’m relatively sure I won’t ever have to do that.

But let me ask another question.  If you really are willing to die for Jesus, until you’re called upon to do so, will you live for him?  Now that’s a more relevant question.  That removes the level of our dedication to Jesus from the unlikely hypothetical to the day to day reality of our lives.

Because of this, I’m much more interested in the later question than the former.  Would you die for Jesus?  The best indication to a truthful answer to that question is in one’s willingness to live for him.   Give it some thought.

Steve Higginbotham