Following Messiah

Matthew 10:37-39 - Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Y'shua's words)

These words would seem to indicate that "being worthy" is of great importance, as the Greatest commandment is the Love Adonai with all___not mostly__but all of our heart, etc.

We are called to "take up our cross" and "follow Him", therefore we could say that we can not follow him, if we do not take up our cross? Makes sense, however what is involved in taking up our cross? There are two "wills" at stake here...our will and His will. Agreed? As Messiah prayed in the garden, "Not my will, but thine be done!".........Now remember this was Messiah praying and if it was vital for him, is it not vital for us to turn over our "will" and do His "will" instead? I think if Y'shua (Jesus) prayed as such, so should we as even in the "L-rds Prayer", these verses stand out, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven"

Can we honestly say and is it evident by our everyday actions, that in fact we are living examples of walking as Messiah walked? We are called you know to walk as He walked. So until we understand how He walked, How then can we walk that way? Obviously we cannot without His help.

I knew what it meant to be "born again" and "spirit filled", when I was baptized in the Mosel River in Germany during the summer of "73, however it would be almost 30 yrs (crawling),
till I understood that I must first "pick up my cross"____then I could follow and walk as Messiah walked, as I understand more clearly the "Path" as He has laid it out in Scripture.
I am still and will be a 'work in progess', however it is with great Joy that I am learning and walking at the same time, and with His Lovingkindness and mercy, is patient with me.