SOW
We all love the results but we all hate the process, because the process always costs something.
TINSTAFL = There Is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field. “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it! —Matthew 13:44-46
The kingdom is the most valuable thing of all things!
We all would want kingdom results, we just haven’t been willing to pay the kingdom price!
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. —Matthew 16:24-25
Everybody wants to live the life that Christ came to bring but very few want to die to themselves to do it!
I can guarantee this truth: A single grain of wheat doesn’t produce anything unless it is planted in the ground and dies. If it dies, it will produce a lot of grain.
—John 12:24
We are the seed and the kingdom is in us!
I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ —Phiippians 3:7-8
Questions:
Have you ever seen something that you were willing to sell what you had in order to get it? What was it?
What would be different in the world if it was on earth like it is in heaven?
If you had to put a value on Peace, Love, Kindness, Forgiveness, Compassion, what would it be?
What would you be willing to “give up” if it resulted in that (the kingdom)?
What would you be willing to endure if it resulted in the Kingdom being advanced?