Counting the Cost

Many today are saying that with Covid 19 going around the cost is too much to make a difference in the lives of others.

I also see many Christians saying that the cost is too much to share the gospel, to hug somebody’s neck, to help the sick and the poor.

We have made up our minds and said it’s not worth the risk of getting sick to make a difference with the gospel in the lives others. You don’t know how much a simple hug and a kind word could make a difference in the life of someone else. We don’t the battles and struggles each other deep down are facing. Everyone somewhere is facing a battle that nobody else knows about other than God Himself.

We have chosen the route of safety, to remain in our bubble, shut off from the world, until somebody tells us it is safe to come out again. But at what cost do we continue to live this way? This exactly what Satan wants. One of his tactics is isolation. There is power in fellowship. He knows this.

There is a gentleman who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for taking the picture of the vulture stalking the little girl. There was disease and sickness running rampant in this village and he was advised not to touch her, pick her up, or have any contact with her whatsoever. So he decided that he would shoo the vulture away but the vulture kept coming back. He had decided that the cost of helping this girl was too much. This man, 4 months after winning the Pulitzer Prize ended up committing suicide.

Christ paid the ultimate price for us so we could have the comfort of eternal life with Him. That is the only place comfort can come from is in the arms of Jesus. You can remain hidden, cut off from the world in your bubble, having the feeling of security but at what point do you go on living again?

Is the cost too much today to help others in the midst of this pandemic? Many of us have made up our minds and said yes to security and no to living.

Look at what the book of Matthew says here that I think we can apply to today’s climate…

Mat 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Mat 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

How can the world see our good works, our light if we shut ourselves off from the world?

As Christians we should not live in fear because perfect love casteth out all fear and if that perfect love is living inside of us we should embrace it and let it show to the world!

Yes people have died from Covid, people have died from the flu, pneumonia, heart disease, cancer…but how many of these people have died lost? That’s the real number we need to be looking at.

I believe the cost is too high not to share the gospel with a lost and dying world. This is a question that we all must ask ourselves individually because we have to wake up and realize that the world will never be nor has it ever been safe.

Leading a life of significance starts on our knees. It starts by stepping out of our comfort zone and making a difference in the life of just one person and then another and then another.

We all have a choice to make. How much longer can we live in fear. Turn the tv off and get in the Word of God. It is our only safety net. We must get this message to the world.