The Price is Right

Peter began to say to Him (Jesus), “Behold we have left everything and followed You.”

Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake or for the gospel’s sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.  But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

Mark 10:28-31

Everything has a price.  Being a Christian may cost us some friends or the support of family members who don’t like the new us.  Or, we may be persecuted for our faith.  Sometimes things may not look so good to us. 

That was what Peter was going through.  He was worried that following Jesus had cost him too much.  Jesus reminded him that what we experience here on earth is only temporary and our rewards are eternal, not earthly.

The price we pay to serve Christ is far lower than the price He paid for our salvation.  Christianity is not a short term investment, it is a long term commitment, and for eternal life that price is right.