Costly obedience

Sometimes God calls us to do very difficult things. He asks us to put our reputation, livelihood, even our lives on the line for some issue that he is addressing. Such was the case with Esther. She risked her life approaching the king to plead for the Jews, but she had been born and groomed “for such a time as this.” (Est 4:14) Sometimes the prophets are reluctant, like Jonah, but God does not relieve them of their responsibility. If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow me (Luk 9:23). Though it cost him his life, Jesus stepped up and delivered when God called him to give it all. We are called to follow Him.