The question will often come up:

How Can You Afford To Do This?

This follow Jesus thing.  It takes time.  It takes money.  Sometimes it feels like you are going in reverse in terms of keeping up with the world.

So that question arises, especially in my head.

How can you afford to continue to do this?

As I ponder this question, and this God, and this world that He has put us in, I can only be drawn to the exchange between Jesus and Peter.  Tired of being followed by a crowd that was only interested in signs and wonders, Jesus told them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood.  As they left, Jesus turned to His disciples:

John 6 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.

68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

There are days when this gospel simply does not make sense.  Sometimes, the skeptics will even attain the momentary power to make us question … but we must stand up and be accountable … every day.  Jesus has given us so so much.  And He has given us the power to overcome.

When the question comes up in my mind, I respond in my mind by saying:

The question is NOT:  How Can You Afford To Do This?

The question IS:  How Can You Afford NOT To Do It?

“Thank You Jesus.

Where could I possibly go?  You, and You alone, hold the keys to eternal life.”

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J