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The Cost!
So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to
you, there is no one who has left house or brothers
or sisters or father or mother or
wife or children or
lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not
receive a hundredfold now in this time.”
Mark 10: 29-30
We usually hear it in
the context of athletics,
but it applies to all
areas:
“No pain, no gain.”
We tell our children that in order to make an A
in history, they will have to sacrifice time spent
on other activities and commit to studying. Or,
to have funds to live on in retirement, we must
sacrifice purchases now and commit to saving.
Jesus had to convince His early followers that
any cost to following Him would be rewarded
later: “a hundredfold now in this time...
and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Such a commitment required trust.
To prioritize Jesus over family and property
was a big decision. But Jesus was proving
Himself to be trustworthy, and His
early
disciples took Him at His word.
When the cost
of following Jesus
seems to go up, consider the cost
in light of the return.
"And all thou
spendest,
Jesus will repay."
Mary Ann Thompson