Last month we unpacked the idea of #CostlyGrace inspired by the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his book, \u2018The Cost of Discipleship\u2019. Dietrich writes – which cost God much, cannot be cheap for us. The natural conclusion to a grace which cost much is discipleship to Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Jesus called Matthew, Matthew was sitting at his tax collectors booth. \u201cAs Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector\u2019s booth. \u201cFollow me,\u201d he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.\u201d Matthew 9:9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He followed Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He didn\u2019t follow Him tomorrow. Or cleanup his tax collectors booth. Say goodbye to family. Or organise any part of his life. The Bible says\u2026 he followed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a temptation to brush over this verse. This call to discipleship. There lies in us an urge to explain the abrupt change of life course through logical discourse. But nothing about leaving your vocation is pragmatic. Yet the irony is, when we follow the call of Christ into the unknown, the Creator of the universe becomes Our provider. Our protecter. Our healer. Our peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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