The Price Tag

“And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved” (2 Cor 12:15). Yielded to the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul proclaimed the Gospel while pouring out his life serving others. The cost of his service was insignificant to him; he was willing to devote his finances and life wherever God sent him. But not all believers are so giving of themselves.

Indicators of serving God with reservation when He says, “Do this” or “Go there”: Consider the expense, housing situation, salary, or the people’s friendliness as deciding factors. Sometimes the location’s climate weighs in, or the sacrifice of leaving extended family and children’s moans of leaving friends, moving to a new school can sway decisions to follow God’s call. Paul didn’t care what serving God cost, where God sent him, or whether people liked him. God’s genuine, unreserved servants serve others wholeheartedly, no matter where He sends them, or the cost involved.