If I’m Not …

What follows is a series of tweets from @STimmis today. What are the “If I’m not” situations in your life?

How can I be sure I would lay down my life for sake of Jesus & the gospel? Perhaps I’ll be like Peter in his bravado & denial?
Can’t ultimately be sure until I’m called on to do so. But there are indicators in what I am reluctant to give up…
If I’m not prepared to give up my bed to go and serve someone, I can be fairly confident I won’t give up my life…
If I refuse to give up a holiday abroad so I can support someone in gospel ministry. I can be confident I won’t give up my life
If I’m not willing to pursue people who are different from me in order to bless them, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life.
If I’m not prepared to miss out on promotion so I can stay & help plant churches, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life…
If I’m not prepared to jeopardize a friendship so that I can tell others about Christ, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life.

Luke 9:23-24 NASB  And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.