The Toll on the Narrow Way Road

05/15/2008 - Jesus was not evasive about the costs of pursuing a life of worship - not to a would-be follower; not even to one who was already following Him.

"When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, 'Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.'
"Jesus replied, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.'

"Another disciple said to him, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father.'

"But Jesus told him, 'Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.' " ~ Matthew 8:18-22

Nor was He any less harsh in winnowing out huge numbers of people who sought to follow Him:

"Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 'If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.' " ~ Luke 14:25-27

There is a cost to following Jesus.

And it isn't cheap.