The cost of following Christ

For those of us who call ourselves Christians, what is our Faith costing us?  We live our comfortable lives with much more than the essentials.  For so many Christians, Christianity has become a preventative treatment: take it and you’ll go to heaven.  Is that really all there is to it?  Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice, death on a cross, for us.  We are called to LAY DOWN our lives for him.  But, if you’re completely honest with yourself, what has following Christ cost you?  What opportunities have you given up, to follow Him instead?  Are we called to pray a prayer, talk a talk, and then just sort of live to try and please ourselves and our families?  Or are we called to lay down EVERYTHING to further the Kingdom of God? 

We are in a battle, a battle for people’s souls.  We live in a broken and hurting world, in desperate need of a Savior.  Romans 10:14 says “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”  We can’t just expect that going to church twice a week is somehow going to further the gospel. 

There are so many people that have never even heard of Jesus.  And then you have those who call themselves Christians without even knowing what that means. 


If Faith isn’t costing you your time, finances, resources, effort, and/or pain, than maybe you should question your heart. 

I believe that it is time for Believers to rise up out of the woodwork, proclaim the name of the Lord, spread truth in the U.S. and world, and help people facing devastation.  But, we can't do this in our own strength...we must turn to God.  He is our rock and foundation, and without Him we are nothing.