Sacrifice and Reward

 Matthew 17-19

“’…everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother of children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.’”

Matthew 19:29, 30

Jesus didn’t avoid the topic of sacrifice or reward in his kingdom. When Jesus calls us to leave our possessions and surrender our family for the greater priority of following him, it is both incredibly costly and very rewarding. Jesus said the rewards for sacrifice come both in this life and in the life to come. There is no price tag on eternal life. Our full surrender of both our sin and our will to Christ will be rewarded. The one hundred times reward-factor reminds us that sacrificial obedience to Jesus is totally worth it. Holding on to our life and our stuff will be costly beyond our imagination. This is the upside-down value of Christ’s kingdom.

What price tags need to change and what sacrifices are we being invited to make?

“…for your glory.”