Let go to find

Few sayings of Jesus appear in the Gospels as often as this one. Between them, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John record it six times, each time in slightly different words. Evidently the first Christians saw in it the heart of what he taught.

It sounds like a paradox. Whoever clings to their life, to security, image and control, ends up with empty hands. Whoever places it in Jesus' hands gets it back, fuller than before. Jesus doesn't ask you to throw your life away, but to stop gripping it so tightly.