Hello Everyone,
You see, not only can we not stay where we are and follow God, but:We cannot follow God and stay the same!Each time God calls us to a new step of obedience in our walk with Him, He is calling us to change in some way; and each change is designed to make us more like Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature[ of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! - Philippians 2:6-8 (NIV)You see, we are never so much like Jesus as when we determine that any sacrifice is worth making in order to follow God and then take whatever action is necessary to obey Him and be rewarded by Him.
This is what Jesus was referring to when He said:“Then he said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.’” - Luke 9:23-24 (NIV)“Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat - I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?” - Luke 9:23-24 (The Message)How is God calling you to “take up your cross” today?
How is He calling you to obey Him?

What adjustments are you going to have to make in order to obey Him?

Is it an adjustment in . . . . . . your circumstances (like job, home, finances);
your relationships (marriage, family, friends, business associates); your thinking (prejudices, methods, your potential);
your commitments (to family, church, job. plans, tradition);
your activities (how you pray, give, serve, spend your free time);
your beliefs (about God, His purposes, His ways, yourself, your relationship to God)?
Mark this down, whatever changes or sacrifices I might have to make in order to obey God are always worth it because it is only in embracing my “cross” that I will fulfill my God-given destiny.So which will it be? Will you waste your life or invest your life?
Will you live for yourself or for your Savior?
Will you follow the way of the crowd or the way of the cross?

It’s just a few minor adjustments.
Oh How He Loves Us!
Pastor Phil