Luke 14:29-30 (KJV)
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
This passage came up in a recent conversation. A friend and I are both in the same situation—building houses and discovering that the costs are much higher than expected. He suggested that we should have counted the costs more carefully before we began.
But this text isn’t really about building a house. It speaks of a tower—a fortress, a bulwark of safety.
We think of our homes as our safe places, don’t we? But they aren’t always. Some people pay extra for better locks, a security system, or even an armored “safe room.”
The parables in this passage all deal with the cost of discipleship. Many Christians, I think, separate salvation from discipleship. I remember a preacher once delivering a message titled “Saved, but Not Converted.” That concept explains a lot of the issues in modern Christianity—so many profess salvation, yet so few bear fruit that proves their faith.
Whether this dichotomy truly exists is not be my point—or even our Saviour’s point. The real point is that Christianity costs. And a kind of Christianity that costs nothing becomes a mockery in this world.
The multitudes would love to ride the shirttails of safety in Christ.
Only a handful ever count the cost to finish.
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Built to Last: Faith That Finishes
If Christianity costs, are you willing to pay the price? What’s one way you’ve had to count the cost in your Christian walk?
Find one area in your life where you need to strengthen your commitment to Christ—whether it’s your time, priorities, or boldness in sharing the Gospel—and take a concrete step today.
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We often think that counting the cost is a net negative. Yet, never is it true that anyone who has ever counted the cost and followed through ever regretted it. God always turns service into the greatest blessings of our lives.
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