Bible Verse of The Day – 4-29-22

Matthew 8:19-22 (NKJV) 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

In keeping with yesterday’s devotional, which dealt with suffering for our faith, let’s take a look at the cost of following Jesus.

This is never a popular topic. It’s not fun, and it doesn’t give us the warm fuzzies. It doesn’t get anyone excited. And it won’t be something that draws many people.

It’s inconvenient. It’s uncomfortable. And it can be scary for some to contemplate.

But it is reality; truth in plain sight. And it is a reality that we all need to understand, realizing that some of us will need to embrace it on a personal level.

For Jesus, the cost was His life, literally. That was the price He paid for being obedient.

Philippians 2:8 (NKJV) 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

For us, we may not die for our faith in Christ. But there may be a cost that we pay each day, a little here and a little there.

This may include denying our own wants and desires in order to do what God wants us to do vs. what we’d like to do.

It might mean that we surrender something major in our lives in order to walk the path that God has set before us.

There can be very, very many ways that we pay the cost of following Jesus. And sometimes it can be painful. That’s something that’s not nice to talk about.

But again, it is truth. And truth needs to be addressed.

So, let each of us consider these things carefully. And let us seek God, and ask Him to help us be willing to pay whatever cost we are asked to pay in order to follow Jesus.

And let us surrender to God, that He might be honored and glorified in our lives, which should be our ultimate goal and desire.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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