The Importance of dying to self

Reaching children in difficult situations requires us to enter into and face the same challenging conditions. We do believe in glorifying God and in serving the weak but we are often deterred by one barrier; self. Our Lord has a direct solution to our predicament; "...If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me" (Luke 9:23). We are all called to that ongoing process of mortifying self as we seek to follow him daily. We know how far we have come when we are able to seek and embrace God's will and not ours. His will is to reach the lost for his glory. That is why He sent His son to this world. We follow Christ by reaching the lost; we are saved to do the works of Christ.

We are however hard wired to cater to self. The world drives us to seek instant self-gratification, and personal success. Dying to self is therefore increasingly becoming an alien, unacceptable and sometimes an offensive concept in our day. To reach especially the isolated, lost and unchurched children, we have no choice but to die to self. By so doing, we will be truly seeking and embracing God's will and not our own.