We may talk about forsaking the world and carrying our cross behind Jesus but we do not do it. The Christians are saving their lives, not losing their lives in the Lord Jesus.

If we would learn of our assigned gifts and roles in the Kingdom of God we must do the following at once; not when some golden moment comes, not after the summer, but right now—now when everything tells us it is the wrong time.

We may be thinking, "tomorrow maybe, but not right now."

Two of the most practical people you will ever meet are God and Satan. Both of them understand fully that yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come. Salvation always is now. In fact, as the Lord told me just before my heart attack, "all there is, is now."

If you do not offer your body as a living sacrifice right now you will never do so.

If you would find God's will, this is what you absolutely must do right now!

You must declare that when you were baptized in water you died. I mean, you really died with Christ on the cross. No monkey business, you are dead—a goner. Your life is over. Adam is crucified. Get the message? Make a steel resolution in your soul that this is the truth and there are to be no changes.

If you have to, get alone by yourself and yell at the wall: "I AM DEAD!"

Now you are ready to join the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrection from the dead and ascension to the right hand of the Father.

Now God will begin to judge you, helping you unwind your graveclothes of worldliness, lust, and self-will. It is appointed to man once to die and after this he is resurrected and judged. This is what will happen to you, in a terrifically real spiritual sense, once you are willing to declare yourself dead.

Wait, that isn't all. You have to do this every moment of every day for the rest of your life. It isn't difficult once you get accustomed to it.

Now, what else must you do? You absolutely must press, press, press into the Lord Jesus so you are instantly aware of His Presence. You need His Divine Life to strengthen you as you walk with God.

What else? You must make sure you are not being conformed to this world. Conformation to the world and its ways comes through the various media that assault us. We are in the world but not of the world, Jesus said. Therefore we have to continually guard ourselves against the values of the world.

Americans worship money. No one can serve God and money. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness if you want to find God's will and grow in Christ. What you need will be added to you or God is a liar.

Americans worship sexual lust. Do you want to destroy your nervous system and end up as a silly fool? If you do, worship sexual lust. Dwell on it. You will never find God's will for your life. Your next stop is the nursing home.

Americans worship entertainment. Are you going to spend the precious hours of your life watching the moral filth projected on the screen? Do so and you will have eternity to wail because of opportunities forever lost.

If you would prove God's will for your life you absolutely must be transformed by the renewing of your mind. You do this by praying, meditating on the Word of God, gathering on a regular basis with fervent Christians as possible.

To be continued.