"For which of you, intending to build a tower sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?" (Luke 14:28)
"Our Lord refers not to a cost we have to count, but to a cost which He has counted. The cost was those thirty years in Nazareth, those three years of popularity, scandal and hatred, the deep unfathomable agony in Gethsemane, and the onslaught at Calvary--the pivot upon which the whole of Time and Eternity turns (from Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His highest). Jesus has counted the cost and we are worth the sacrifice! The Cross was no knee-jerk reaction or hapless response to superior force. Christ's crucifixion was premeditated--purposed and strategized in eternity past. And the note of jubilance for us is that the plan was implemented for each one of us. We are the object of His inestimable love. We are the focal point of His grace! Relish today that love and grace that envelopes and undergirds you without limit and, then, experience the rush of His empowering Presence as you act out of that love in unfettered enthusiasm. We are free to love lavishly and serve extravagantly because He first counted the cost and declared us worthy.
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