Pick up the slack! Feel the strain!

If you are at the same place where you were yesterday, last week, in your spiritual walk with Jesus then you are not following Him.  If you are in bondage of sin and addictions you are not keeping up with Jesus.  If you are not hearing His voice, then you are not interested IN HEARING His voice.  If you are not persecuted and if you are not suffering for Jesus and for His Name then you are not following Him.  The moment you start following Jesus, you will pick up the strain because Jesus said: "If anyone WISHES to FOLLOW ME then he must DENY himself, PICK UP HIS CROSS and COME HERE and FOLLOW ME."  He said: "My yoke is soft and My burden is light."  If we do not feel the strain of the yoke and if we do not feel the weight of the burden then we are not yoked and we are not carrying our burden.  We are not following Jesus.  There is STRAIN in following Jesus but we need to PICK UP the STRAIN. We need to PICK UP OUR CROSS, we need to KEEP UP WITH JESUS.  If you are NOT HEARING HIS VOICE you are NOT SEEKING HIS VOICE.  You are NOT PRAYING, you are NOT WAITING ON HIM.  If we do not pick up our cross and follow Jesus every day and keep up with Him, then we will not find the Narrow Door.  If we are NOT FIGHTING FOR the KINGDOM OF GOD then we are AGAINST the KINGDOM OF GOD.  If we are NOT GATHERING we are SCATTERING.  You cannot get into Heaven in a rocking chair.  If you are NOT WORKING for the Kingdom of God you are working AGAINST it then you are on the devil's side.  We must pick up the strain every day and follow Jesus Christ.  We must every day SUBMIT OURSELVES WILLFULLY to the guidance of the HOLY SPIRIT.  We must VOLUNTEER every day and follow Jesus not with a heavy heart but JOYFULLY following Him, JOYFULLY fighting the good fight, JOYFULLY testifying for Jesus and JOYFULLY being rejected and persecuted.  If you are not feeling the STRAIN you are NOT IN THE RACE.  Then you are not following JESUS.  YOU need to seek Jesus.  YOU need to spend time with Him.  YOU need to take time to PRAY, to WAIT ON HIM or else you will NOT HEAR HIM.  YOU need to set yourself aside to WAIT ON HIM, to SEEK HIM, to HEAR FROM HIM.  If we draw closer to Him, He draws closer to us.  But if you don’t follow Him friend, you won’t make it.  NARROW is the DOOR and FEW there be who find it.  Are you STRAINING?  Are you BEARING THE LOAD? Are you FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST with all your POWER?  If you WISH to enter that narrow Door you need to pick up the strain friend.  You need to seek Jesus every day and keep up with Him.  PICK UP the SLACK and FOLLOW JESUS!
May Jesus bless you.