Disappointment?

Have you had a hero?

When I was growing up I idolized Larry Bird. I enjoyed watching “the master” do his work on the basketball court. I found out real quick I wasn’t Larry Bird.

We all had heroes and celebrities that we idolized growing up. Did any of these ever disappoint you?

I have been really disappointed in Tiger Woods. He was a golfer that I really enjoyed following until his latest escapades in the news.

People in life are going to disappoint us. That’s life. But there is someone that never disappoints if we trust and turn to Him. That’s Jesus.

In Luke 14 verses 25-35 talks about the cost of being a disciple. If we want true happiness and freedom from all the garbage in the world we need to look at what we need to do to become one of His.

25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
31"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
34"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
These are three things we must do to truly follow Christ:

1. Jesus must come before personal relationships (v.26)
2. To follow Jesus we must give up personal desires (v.27)
3. To follow Jesus we must give up personal possessions (v.33)

Remember, people in life will disappoint you. Christ will never disappoint.