"The heart of true discipleship is a settled intent to become like Jesus. A disciple is like the man who in his joy went and sold all he had in order to buy the field with the great treasure (Matthew 13:44). Disciples gladly rearrange everything in their lives around Jesus because of a firm persuasion that He is everything they want." --Del Fehsenfeld III
The greatest pursuit in life is the pursuit of Jesus' mastery of our lives! It's not that we are pursuing Him in HOPES of "being saved." It is that we are pursuing Him BECAUSE we "are saved" and desire that our lives be lived under His mastery. The less we understand about what Christ has done for us, the less we desire Him to be Lord over every part of our lives.
Discipleship to Christ is not about "addition" (adding Christ to our lives to escape Hell), but "submission" to Him (yielding every part of ourselves to Him). It might even be possible to say it's an "addiction" to Jesus! All we want is for Him to be pleased and glorified through every part of our lives. Disciples "rearrange" every aspect of their lives around HIM, HIS priorities and HIS purposes!
