The following was from another blog I did back in October. As I thought about the presence of God in our lives, I thought about the cost. I thought about how it costs us pride and selfish desires in order to truly find the presence of God. I hope you enjoy this...
In the last 7 days, I have gave up a lot of pride and gained a lot of humility by really wanting to be in the presence of GOd and be present for my family....
God bless you and your family....
"how much does it cost?" that is a typical response to the questions we get as parents... it seems like every time we turn around we are having to pay something else, for new clothes, new shoes, school lunches, ball games, snow cones, Christmas is around the corner, and then you have groceries... just seems like all we talk about is the cost of what we are trying to buy or what we want...
the cost of serving God doesn't typically come with a price tag...it comes with sacrifice and willingness to give of our hearts.....
i wonder if we could put a price tag on what it would take to carry the presence of God around with us daily.....i wonder if we would be willing to pay it.....i am sure we would be more open to his call when we saw people in need....i am sure we would be more attentive to others needs as we proceeded in our day to day activities....i wonder if people would actually pay for God to be with us daily and never leave our sides....i bet they would....we pay for everything else, no matter what the cost...
i think, as Christians, we can't even fathom the cost of our salvation...if we did, we might take it more seriously...
i would like for you to write the following:
what is it going to cost me to be in the presence of God?
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what is it going to COST ME to be a presence for my family?
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the presence of God in our lives will cost us something...nothing in life that God calls us to do is easy and without cost...the cool thing about it though, Jesus will not call us to do something he hasn't or won't do himself...everyone knows he died for us...a terrible death at that...
in Luke Jesus talks about the cost of being a disciple...
14:28
"suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you."
14:33
"in the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."
Psalm 49:8
"the ransom for life is costly, no payment is ever enough"
Proverbs 4:7
"the beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it will cost you all you have. Get understanding."
the answer is EVERYTHING....
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