Our lack of understanding of costly discipleship, an easy cost suggests if you give monetarily, God will give back monetarily in return. The more you give, the more you will get back. So Christian living is a wonderful way to invest. Such is not the gospel of Christ. We do not know much about paying the price.
Little sacrifice is in our world.
We are not called in this life to be rich, except by divine word of God. To live out the Christian life is to live out a costly life, to surrender, to sacrifice, to give up, and what we gain is of immeasurable worth, even though it may mean and will mean suffering here. I want to have the kind of faith that lives well here, but never want to forget that here is not my home. My children, listen. I need you to know that our ancestors made their way here, brought family, worked, lived, worshiped, but we know little about them.