I have thought about a relationship with Jesus in many different ways. Lately though, I’ve been thinking about it a lot like elementary school lunch-time in the cafeteria, following Jesus is like a trade…



It’s trading the rags of our sin for the veil given to the bride of Christ.
It’s trading our worldly riches for humble service to our fellow man.
It’s trading being an orphan, abandoned from any sense of belonging to being adopted as sons and daughter of the living God.
It’s trading light for darkness
It’s trading fear for trust
It’s trading doubt for faith
Despair for hope
Death for life
Distance for intimacy
And anxiety for peace
It’s trading our arrogance and worldly desire, for humility and worship
It’s trading famine for a feast
And hunger for satisfaction
It’s trading exhaustion for rest
Wandering for home
Slavery for a kingdom
And a desert for paradise
It’s trading guilt for grace
Pain for healing
Uncertainty for clarity
Distress for comfort
Tears for joy
Old for new
Isolation for community
A moment for eternity
Loneliness for friendship
Convenience for covenant
It’s trading death for life
And it’s trading your life for a freedom that is greater than you could ever ask for or imagine.