Love Yourself And Forfeit Your Life.

The other side to the above statement is hate yourself and gain your life.
It is true; you need to cater for yourself. You need to nurture and make yourself healthy. All these are necessary.

What we are saying is beyond the above. It bears directly on the issue of life. Life means more than the bare necessities of existence. We are talking life abundance. It is this life abundance that makes one a living soul.
When you possess life you live beyond this physical life. There is the hope of after-life.

What is life?
Life means union, union with God the source of life. God is the fountain of life and Christ is the channel of connection.
Hating your life really means forfeiting your life for Christ.

How?
By not living to please self.
By not been conformed to the ideals of the world.
By throwing away the yoke of self governance and putting on the yoke of Christ.
By not been egocentric but Christo-centric yielding unto Christ Jesus.
By been led by the Holy Spirit.
Christ said that if you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it.

If you really love yourself in the real sense of the word, you’ll gladly give it up for Christ. He died for you. He has made you both Priest and King for God. He is coming again for you, so live not to self but for the glory of Him that purchased you for God.