{"id":39021,"date":"2025-10-21T07:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highcity.org\/?p=39021"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:28:11","slug":"sit-and-count-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedfortodaydevotional.com\/es\/sit-and-count-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit and count the cost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 14:28 (NIV) \u2014 \u201cSuppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won\u2019t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every dream, vision, or divine assignment carries a price tag. Success never comes by chance; it comes by choice and by cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus used the example of building a tower to teach the importance of preparation, planning, and sacrifice before embarking on any great pursuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the foundation is laid, the wise builder sits down to think, plan, and ensure that what he begins, he can finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In life, many begin the journey of vision with zeal but abandon it halfway because they never counted the cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost may be time, discipline, resources, prayer, or the humility to start small and stay consistent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even spiritual growth and ministry fruitfulness come with a cost of fasting, of faithfulness, of dying to self daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every great achievement you admire came through someone\u2019s decision to pay the price behind the promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting the cost is not an act of doubt but of wisdom. It means aligning your faith with responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God gives the vision, but you must commit to the preparation, perseverance, and price that bring it to pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secret of lasting success is not only in dreaming big but in being willing to pay what it takes to bring that dream to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What vision or assignment has God placed in your heart? Have you taken time to sit and count the cost? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sacrifices, disciplines, or steps are you willing to embrace to see it fulfilled?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for the visions and dreams You\u2019ve placed in my heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give me the wisdom to sit, plan, and count the cost, and the strength to pay the price required for success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Help me not to give up halfway, but to finish strong and fulfill Your purpose for my life. Amen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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