The Cost of the Call
Living a life of faith is not easy... and I feel like we do not talk about that enough or the suffering that comes before the glory of it. I remember the moment I first felt God calling me to lead a life of holiness and righteousness before Him; it was then that a particular scripture was heavily put on my heart, Matthew 16:25. The verse says, "for whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it" (Matthew 16:25). And let me tell you that verse has been ever so true in my life but before I dive into my personal experiences, I want to look at the disciples. Before Jesus, the disciples had a life of their own. A number of them were fishermen and another was a tax collector. They were in the midst of doing "life as usual" until encountering Jesus who told them to leave all that behind and "follow him." The disciples did it without hesitation as they abandon what they were doing and immediately started follow...