Being in "Denial"

One of my favorite verses is Luke 9:23 where Jesus says,"If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up His cross daily, and follow Me." I recently studied Peter's denial of Jesus and I realized that if I don't deny myself, I will also end up denying Christ like Peter did, maybe not in words but definitely in actions! Denying ourselves and taking up our crosses basically means "It's not about what I want, Lord, it's all about what You want!" It's acknowledging that He's in control of everything and I'm in control of NOTHING!!!!! I also realized that I can't even deny myself by myself; I need the Lord's help to do it!!!!!! Here's a poem that the Lord gave me about this:

Lord, put me on the cross today, I need Your helping hand,
I find that all my "treasures" here are castles in the sand.

Lord, put me on the cross today, I need a holy shove,
There are a lot of worldly things that I've begun to love!

Lord, put me on the cross today, this climb I cannot do!
I want to stay right where I am but also follow You!

He got me on the cross today and now I finally see
That the sacrificing of myself has finally set me free!!!

May God help you to be in "denial"!