Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken...

Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee;
Destitute, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be:
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
All I've sought, and hoped, and known;
Yet how rich is my condition,
God and heav'n are still my own!

More than a decision to follow Christ,  a determination to consider His life and accomplishments as my highest attainment, is what is becoming a Christian.  It may not cost you all, but it will cost you the consideration of your all as nothing in comparison.

Everything that I was before is truly Destitute, despised and forsaken.  If I was these things I am rich now.  If I am these things, the possession of Christ makes me truly rich.  We have cheapened the reality of what we own as a Christian.  We have negated the significance of owning Christ and following Him in His life of sacrifice.

If God and Heaven are my own all the other ambitions that I may have are nothing.  I reach above the shadow of these earthly attainments to the true sunshine of the Grace of God, which is mine.  Halleluia, what a Savior!