let go

Matthew 10:39

If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. (NLT)

Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity]. (Amplified)

Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it. (CJB)

If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it. (CEV)

Those who try to keep the life they have will lose it. But those who give up their life for me will find true life. (ERV)

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (ESV)

The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it. (GW)

Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it. (GNT)

Whoever tries to hold on to his life will give up true life. Whoever gives up his life for me will hold on to true life. (ICB)

The (person) who has found (their) own life will lose it, but the (person) who has lost it for my sake will find it. (J B Phillips)

f you don’t go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don’t deserve me. If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me. (The Message)

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (NIV)

To find your life, you must lose your life—and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. (The Voice)

No matter how you shake it out, whether in a translation, or in a paraphrase, there is one basic thought here...

Don't cling to your life.

Let go of it, & allow God full expression of the life He dreamed up long ago for each of us, & real life will be found.

Carry those 5 words around in your heart today, & see what direction God will begin to point.

Don't cling to your life...