Called To Commitment

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘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,’” (Matthew 16:24-25, NASB).

The cost of discipleship is high. It costs us everything. But it cost Jesus everything to make reconciliation with God possible. The rewards of discipleship are the greatest. We will not realize fully the rewards as we live on this earth. Many paid the price of discipleship with their lives. But our Lord promises us that it will be worth it. Being a disciple requires the highest level of commitment to Jesus. That level of commitment is not something that is easily attained, and it is also possible that our commitment may wane from time to time. But our Lord expects us to grow spiritually so that our commitment will grow as well.

Jeff