Count the costs

2 Timothy 2:⁴ No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him. ⁵ And if someone likewise competes as an athlete, he is not crowned as victor unless he competes according to the rules. ⁶ The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. ⁷ Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. <Interesting the phrase -that he may please the one who enlisted him> as this shows that He chose and called us, out of darkness into His glorious Kingdom of Light. No one comes to me unless the Father draws them – words of our Savior, as well as; all the Father gave me, none shall snatch them out of my hand 🙂