Jesus Dilemma

I’ve been thinking this week a lot about the radical call to follow Jesus.  I can’t simply say “yes, I’m a Christian”.  I can’t go to Bible college for 4 years, get my degree and take a position in a church.  I can’t even be busy at my local church doing all kinds of “ministry” and be satisfied as a follower of Jesus.  So what does it mean to be a follower of Jesus then?  I was talking with a friend and we were talking about “love”.  It is who God is, it is how He lived on earth and it is what He called us to do.  So the ultimate definition of Love is selflessness.  Jesus did not consider equality with God something to be grasped but He “emptied Himself” or became “nothing”.  So I have been exploring the idea of becoming nothing for several years now and it is not of this world.  If we desire to follow Jesus there is a dilemma.  The dilemma is we either learn to become nothing the way Jesus taught or we remain ignorant to what Love really is.