The upward call requires us to “fess up” and acknowledge that we can’t live the Christian life in our own power. We are weak, He is strong. Once we fess up and acknowledge our weakness before him, where do we find strength? By dying to the old life and living the new. "Find your life, you’ll lose it; lose your life, you’ll find it." John words it slightly different, but it’s the same: "Love your life, you’ll lose; hate your life, you’ll keep it."
