The reason people wired for life choose death is because they have been sold a bill of goods promising life in this world, that what we have in the here and now, is the life for which we were created, our ultimate life. We cling to it as though it were real and lasting instead of "a must that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).
The truth is that "whoever finds their life will lose it but he who loses it for [Jesus'] sake will find it" (Matt 10:39) - which is to say that if we invest everything in this material life, which is limited and quickly fading away, we miss out on the spiritual life that is abundant and never ending.
The point is that we must be willing to give up the pursuit of this life, to die to it, if you will, in order to truly live, to become our true and greater selves. As Jesus put it, "unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds" (John 12:24).
Dying to this life so that we might gain the spiritual life is a matter of focus. We have to live in this world but we don't have to make material achievements our ultimate aim or goal. This life is intended to be a journey but if we camp here, we never reach our destination, we never get home.
Instead, Paul encourages, " Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory" (Col 3:2-4). Jus' Sayn.
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