Count the Cost

​1…2…3…4…
Living for yourself is cheap.

2…4…6…8…
Living for your family and friends requires more but is still manageable.

1…2…10…50…500…10,000…
Living for God goes deeper and wider than we’ve ever known.

How do you count the cost? Based on the investment? Based on the return?
Based on the waiting and the unknown?

If we are to receive, we must give. There is the cost.

Every payout smacks of sacrifice. Letting something go. Not knowing if we’ll get anything back.

If our focus is on worldly stuff, we will never be satisfied with the return.

If our focus is on God, we will never be disappointed.

The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. Proverbs 22:4 (NASB)
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This post is brought to you by the word prompt, “cost,” from Kate Motaung who leads the Five Minute Friday Writer’s Community. Click here if you’d like to find more posts on this word.

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