"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."
-Jesus (Matthew 16:24-25)

"Practical work may be a competitor against abandonment to God, because practical work is based on this argument - 'Remember how useful you are here, or - Think how much value you would be in that particular type of work.' That attitude does not put Jesus Christ as the Guide as to where we should go, but our judgment as to where we are of most use. Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His."
-Oswald Chambers (My Utmost For His Highest, March 4th)