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COUNT THE COST-2

TEXT: Luke 14:28 

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?

In our study text, Jesus Christ was teaching about counting the cost of following the Lord. 

There is a cost that comes with following the LORD, and you must sit down to count such cost in order to be a good disciple of the Lord. 

The Lord used two analogies to explain how his followers should  count the cost  of following Him. 

He cited the case of counting the cost of starting and being able to finish a building project. And He also talked about a king sitting down to count the cost of going to a battle front against his enemy in order to ascertain whether he has enough soldiers to fight the battle or not.

The Lord now concluded by saying. " *So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple."* (Luke 14:33). 

This is the cost Jesus is talking about. Following the Lord entails building and warfaring. To become a true disciple would mean that you have chosen to build a lasting relationship with the Lord. This will really demand all that you've got. 

All that you have include your adamic nature and your inheritance in Adam. You must count the cost and be willing to forsake all that you have inherited in Adam in order to embrace the Lord all the way.

To follow the Lord wholeheartedly is quite costly for the sinful nature. You must therefore make up your mind to give it all up for Jesus.

Following the Lord also entails battle. *Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11).* The LORD would have you stand against every wile of the devil,  He wants you to stand firm in battle, fight the good fight of faith and to be sure of the support you've got in Him. 

 *"...greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." (1 John 4:4)* 

May the Lord grant you grace even as you continue to sit, and count the cost of following the LORD.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father LORD, please help me to always count the cost of following you and to receive grace to always forge ahead in Jesus name.

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