A Monument to Your Foolishness

Luke 14:28-30

"For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'"

Discipleship is not to be taken lightly. Christian life is not to be taken lightly. There have been many who have not counted the cost of discipleship and received Christ easily. Their easy reception of Christ is not something to be praised because their later behavior proves that the faith that they built was nothing more than foolish. Their complaining and grumbling towards the Lordship of Christ stands as a monument to their foolishness deserving of rebuke. Christ demands everything. Christ demands your entire submission. Do not say later that this was not part of the deal. As you truly count the cost of discipleship, I pray you see that Christ is really worth it. There has never been a better deal: Christ gets all of me, and I get all of Christ. Stay strong and God bless!