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Just be open

"If you want to give it all you've got," Jesus replied, "go sell your possessions; give everything to the poor. All your wealth will then be in heaven. Then come follow me." That was the last thing the young man expected to hear. And so, crest-fallen, he walked away. He was holding on tight to a lot of things, and he couldn't bear to let go . (Matthew 19:21-22) Have you ever been asked to do something you weren't really willing to pay the price to do - something so 'catastrophic' that you just couldn't see how you could possibly 'do' whatever was asked? Regardless of what you are asked to do in the natural, spiritual, or physical sense you probably struggle a little with the "price" associated with it. We all struggle when it comes to the price - it is only natural. What we fail to recognize is Christ wants us to move from responding in the natural and beginning to respond in the spiritual. Refuse to consider the cost up fr...