Confident and Ready Disciples
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Are you sure about following Jesus as his disciple, or are you fearful and reluctant? Do you have confidence that being a disciple of Jesus is worth it? Are you ready and prepared to follow, having considered the benefits?
We can and should be confident and ready to be disciples of Jesus. When we consider the cost/benefit of being a disciple of Jesus, the benefits far outweigh the cost.
Jesus spoke of having confidence in following him in this way, saying, “What king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.” (Luke 14:31-32, ESV).
We can deliberate and discern wisely the cost and the benefit of being Jesus’ disciples and following him. We must consider the cost. Jesus said, “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:33, ESV).
Jesus is upfront about what it will take for us to be his disciples. We can wisely discern the cost and be confident and ready to follow him with our lives as his disciples.
May we renounce all we have in exchange for what Jesus has for us, having considered the cost, and may we follow Jesus with our lives as his confident and ready disciples.
A Collect for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity (Proper 18): “O Lord God, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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