Giving All

"Jesus gave it all"   As His followers, are we asked anything less ?     When Jesus called His disciples He didn't say, "Come on, give it a try and see if you like it."  No, it was and is a "no turning back" decision.  As the song goes, "I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back."  Following Jesus surrender. You  give up who you are to get on  the path to who you can be, though Jesus Christ. We change and we change the roads we are on. 

This is no easy life.  The road is full of muddy place and potholes.  often difficult and demanding.  It can be difficult and demanding But, what in life that is worthwhile isn't difficult and demanding?  

The call is "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."  Carrying our cross on that difficult and demanding road is hard.  That cross is heavy.  We get tired. We get worn. But we move foreword, one step then another, closer to what He would have us to be.   

"Count the cost," says Jesus.  This isn't going to be easy, but it will be worth it. 

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