Mark 10:29-30 Rewards of Discipleship - Devotional Scripture

 

Jesus called us to be His disciples but He never said it was going to be easy. He said it is going to be tough and you better count the cost. He said unless you are willing to relinquish everything you can't be My disciple. Unless you are willing to take up your cross and deny yourself, you can't be My disciple. Unless you love Me supremely, above money and possessions, you cannot be My disciple. The terms of discipleship are harsh and severe but the benefits far outweigh the cost.

Jesus said, ‘Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. 

Mark 10:29-30

 

We will have trials and sufferings in this life, but the blessings outweigh the difficulties by a hundred-to-one margin. God will reward us generously. Whatever sacrifices we make for the Lord will be richly compensated.

Rewards of being His disciple:

1.       We become members of THE FAMILY OF GOD, whose fellowship enriches our lives.

2.       We follow a gentle and loving leader. We all have a master and if we aren’t serving Jesus than we are slaves to sin and to Satan (Romans 6:16) and Satan is a cruel taskmaster that only desires our destruction.

3.       It brings us into a level of intimacy with Jesus that others cannot experience. It is only to His disciples that He reveals His innermost thoughts and most intimate secrets.

4.      God will withhold no good thing from those who follow Him. But even more than this, what God takes away He replaces with something even better.

5.       We are free for “we shall know the truth, and the truth shall set us free" (John 8:32).

6.      Our great reward is Jesus Himself. The cost of discipleship is nothing compared to the rich fellowship we receive with Jesus.  He offers us a peace the world cannot give,  a joy that cannot be taken away and a life lived abundantly.