Teach me, Lord, how to forsake without being forsaken. I know You will never forsake me. but I am not sure I can pass the test of forsaking what I should forsake. I greatly admire the decision of Moses, who “forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king” (Hebrews 11:27, KJV). He forsook the spirit of Egypt, the wealth of Egypt, the claims of Egypt. But I am fascinated by the fact that he did all this while still in the land of Egypt.
I have forsaken many things that did not count for Christ’s sake. I was happy to give up things that no longer had any meaning for me. It is so easy to sacrifice what you no longer desire! But Moses sacri- ficed Egypt for God’s sake while still surrounded by its immense charm and magnetism. Lord, how hard it is to make a decision for You when surrounded In wealth, popularity, position, and power. To see God then is to have the eye of faith indeed; and to decide for God then is to forsake this world even as Christ forsook it when He denied Satan’s offer of its kingdoms
Lord, please make me a voluntary forsaker, not a forced one. Lot was forced to forsake the riches of Sodom, while Moses gladly gave up Egypt. You will separate me, Lord, from every clinging thing in Egypt; but first You ask me to do it voluntarily. You want me to love You enough and trust You enough to make it my own decision. But if not, You will save me by the skin of my teeth. That is how intense Your desire is to make me a man of God and not a mollycoddle; a saint and not a warmed-over replica of Egypt.
“But it is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant: and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all” (Mark 10:43–44).
Daily with the King 