Mark 8:36

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

From Background Notes [BN] for February 1st & 2nd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

God introduced Gideon to “his own soul” one day by calling him a “mighty warrior.” But Gideon could not see this soul inside him. Was he not, after all, the man threshing wheat in a winepress, fearful of the marauding Canaanites who preyed on his countrymen?

God’s work in Gideon’s life was to peel back the layers of his fearful self, his suffering self, his self-interested self so that Gideon might save his soul and save his nation. Dark work, this soul business turns out to be with plenty of night shifts. But it is important work, and there can be no compelling reason to justify waiting another day, hour, or minute to begin.  [BN,9]

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