Is Your Cause worth Hurting Your Friends?

The priest plotted Lazarus death also. Jn12:10

                It is one thing for a man to choose a road of suffering for himself, it is another thing entirely if a man choose to take his family down the same road. A great many die for what they believe but few will take their friends with them. The cause of Christ is so powerful Jesus willing put others in danger.

                Think of the purpose of your life. Are you willing to sacrifice your vices to get it? Would you willingly give up drunkenness, drugs, late nights and a bad diet? Of course you should. Would you give up the good things of life? Cut back on seeing friends and family, sleep and comfort to get closer to your goal? The dedicated will. Are you willing to suffer? I’m sure. But are you willing to have others suffer for your calling? This question cannot be answered by your sincerity or hard work. It can only be answered by the content of the quest.

                Suffering is a part of life. All will suffer for good or for bad.  I think my calling to establish Riverside Christian Assembly as an autonomous local church is a worthy mission. I have never been shy if people wanted to give of their time, resources or finances. We are all dripping buckets, all we are will one day be gone, we are measured by were the contents fall. Others will give of themselves to benefit RCA. I believe in “the blessing of Abram” those that bless our church will be blessed.

                Lazarus would suffer for Jesus, but keep in mind that Jesus first raised him from the dead. The Kingdom of God encompassed overcoming death. That was Jesus purpose. Those benefited by it should be willing to give for it. Is your purpose powerful enough?