Read Luke 14:33.
Why did Jesus use the verb "forsake" (MEV) instead of the word "surrender"? Perhaps it is because "surrender" can be a mental arrangement with the possibility of un-surrender later. When one "surrenders", he merely does what is in his best interest at the time. His heart might not be in it. While it isn't easy to measure "surrender", it is easy to measure "forsaking." Either there has been a separation, a leaving, a distance or there has not. You are over here now and what you left behind remains over there. The evidence (the gap) speaks for itself.
Have you merely "surrendered" to Jesus or have you actually forsaken things? Have your priorities been re-ordered? What does it cost you to follow Jesus?
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