"Follow me," He invites (Luke 18:22).

Where our wants fade and devoted surrender thrives. One big stopper to coming to Jesus is using our own likes as an excuse. We often let our personality and wants get in the way of Jesus. But when we do get to Jesus, we see He doesn't care about what we naturally want. We might think we can give our skills to God, but you can't give what you don't own. There's only one thing you can truly give to God—your claim to yourself (see Romans 12:1). If you give God your claim to yourself, He'll do something special with you, and His special things always work out. The sign of a saint of God is the creativity that comes from fully giving to Jesus. In the life of a saint, there's a special wellspring, a never-ending Source of fresh life. The Spirit of God is a always-flowing Well, always fresh. A saint knows it's God who plans their life; so, there's no complaining, only giving in to Jesus. Don't try to make your experience a rule for others. Let God be just as creative with others as He is with you.

If you give up everything for Jesus, and go when He says, "Come," then He will keep saying, "Come," through you. You'll go out into the world and sound like Christ's "Come." That's what happens to every soul that gives up everything and comes to Jesus.

Have I really come to Him? Will I come now?