Would we Recognize Him

What if you were standing looking at your life and realized you had everything you had ever dreamed of having?  Whatever that might be; you had it all.  Then you turned to see a man.  A man you did not recognize, but he asked you to give up everything you had and follow him, because he had something better planned for you.  You'd probably think, "excuse me kind sir, but I have everything I've ever wanted.  What possibly could you give me that I don't already have?  Especially seeing that I don't even know you."  You'd probably think he was a bit strange.  I know I would think that to be a strange thing if a stranger came up and said that to me.  But what if...

what if that man was Christ Himself?

What if it were Christ standing nearby asking you to follow Him, and you just simply did not recognize Him?  You didn't recognize Him, because you didn't know Him.  Now, He doesn't always necessarily ask us to give up everything we have, because He does want us to be happy.  He blesses us with everything good in our lives because He loves us, and He wants us to have JOY!  However, sometimes His plans and His path for us are different from what we anticipated or thought them out to be.  Are we going to be in a place where we can always recognize Him when He speaks to us?  Whether He is warning us, guiding us, comforting us, prompting us, LOVING us, are we going to recognize His gentle voice and embrace when we are near it?  Because if we do, if we do know Him our life changes to that of living a natural mans life to that of a more spiritual life walking beside Him through this mortal life.  We will be in the world but not of the world.  We will be walking through life with divine help from our Father who knows what our needs are and fulfilling those needs, both spiritual and temporal, and my friends, we are indeed, spiritual beings living with the natural man.  We need to seek Him and know Him so we can walk with Him through this mortal life and be able to come off conqueror.