The Cost of Discipleship

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What does it cost to follow Jesus with our lives? Have you considered the cost benefit analysis of being a student of Jesus?

Being a disciple of Jesus—a Jesus follower, or student of Jesus—is a weighty matter which comes at a cost and requires finishing well.

In Luke’s gospel account, Jesus said, “Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:27, ESV).

If we are not willing to carry our cross—to make the sacrifice of picking up and carrying our burdens and following Jesus—we cannot be his disciples. It costs us be his students.

Following Jesus is difficult and comes at a cost that we must be willing to consider and to pay.

Jesus said this about considering the cost of following him and finishing well, “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’” (Luke 14:28-30, ESV).

May we pick up our burdens and follow Jesus with our lives, having considered the cost, and having planned to finish well as his disciples.

A Collect for Mission III: “O God, you manifest in your servants the signs of your presence: Send forth upon us the Spirit of love, that in companionship with one another your abounding grace may increase among us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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