Nondiscipleship
“...It was right and good of Bonhoeffer to point out that one
cannot be a disciple of Christ without forfeiting things normally sought in
human life, and that one who pays little in the world’s coinage to bear his name
has reason to wonder where he or she stands with God. But the cost of nondiscipleship is far greater—even when
this life alone is considered—than the price paid to walk with Jesus,
constantly learning from him.
Nondiscipleship costs abiding peace, a life penetrated
throughout by love, faith that sees everything in the light of God’s overriding
governance for good, hopefulness that stands firm in the most discouraging of
circumstances, power to do what is right and withstand the forces of evil. In
short, nondiscipleship costs you exactly that abundance of life Jesus said he
came to bring (John 10:10). The cross-shaped yoke of Christ is after all an
instrument of liberation and power to those who live in it with him and learn
the meekness and lowliness of heart that brings rest to the soul.”
~Dallas Willard
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