That all you have to do is live the way God wants you to live and everything will fall into place. That simply isn t true. As you read the bible what you discover is that following God is very costly. You know quite well that we were destined for them. What things are you willing to overlook, to forget, to conveniently ignore and refuse to remember in order to get back to your comfort zone.
Road gets long .
They never threw up their hands and said, This is too much. But over a period of time their spiritual live was compromised one small step at a time. Cutting back here, being unwilling there, slowly losing their spiritual distinctiveness. I hesitated to include this final point, because it can appear to be self-serving, but I feel like I have to include it because the danger of going wrong at this point is so prevalent. When you are seeking to follow God, trying to make the right decisions, the person that you choose to follow is critical.