““Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.” - Mark 10:29-30 (NIV)
What is the cost of committing ourselves to Christ’s service? We can do this wherever we are but there is a cost to this commitment. Those who serve might find themselves relocated away from their loved ones. Or, may find that our commitment causes a kind of separation from our loved ones even if we don't move away. Jesus spoke these words in response to the same question and to the apostle Peter’s declaration that they had “…left everything to follow you.!” Jesus’ response was intended to affirm the value of following Jesus wherever He goes and go where ever He sends us. Is it to a career as a missionary in Africa or South America? Is it to a community that needs our skills we can serve others and proclaim the Gospel? Whatever it is and where ever it might be, Jesus promises that for those of us that make that commitment, we will receive a hundred times more than we have to give up. God does not leave us without what we need and He blesses us when we obey His call. If He has called, we can hope to have experienced this promise.
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