Surrendered Stars: The True Price of Following Yahusha
- Wanda Jones
- Apr 6
- 3 min read
The Cost of Discipleship: Are We Really Willing to Follow?
Luqas 14:28 / Luke 14:28
Opening Prayer:
Abba Yahusha, Heavenly Father, we thank You for this moment of sacred reflection. Stir our hearts, challenge our minds, and lead our spirits to total surrender. Let the weight of Your Word illuminate our purpose. HaleluYah.
Scripture Foundation:
Halaleyah Scriptures: Luqas 14:28 – “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
King James Version: Luke 14:28 – “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
Introduction:
We love the idea of following Yahusha—but are we really willing to? We quote Him. We wear crosses. We say we’re set apart. Nevertheless Yahusha wasn’t seeking fans—He called for followers, and true followers must count the cost.
He didn’t say, “Follow me and everything will be easy.” He said, “Take up your stake (cross) daily and follow Me” (Luqas 9:23). That’s not comfort—it’s a calling. And it costs everything.
In this generation—scrolling through TikTok theology, sipping espresso while studying Scripture—many have forgotten: grace is free, but discipleship is costly.
Surrendering All: What’s In Your Hands?
Discipleship means full surrender. Yahusha said, “Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple” (Luqas 14:33, KJV). That’s not poetic. It’s piercing.
He’s asking:
Will you give up the applause of people for obedience?
Will you leave behind comfort for the wilderness of purpose?
Will you follow Me even if the path is lonely, narrow, and misunderstood?
As the Mohegan Tribe teaches, “The path is sacred when it is walked with honor and spirit.” That path of honor is steep—it’ll cost your ego, your schedule, your dreams, your image. But it leads to freedom.
Looking to the Cosmos: A Divine Perspective
In the vastness of the Cosmos, where galaxies spin and suns are born, Yahusha still calls us personally. Among stars and black holes, He looks at you and says, “Follow Me.”
Astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” But I say to you, we are a way for the Creator to reveal Himself—to shine divine light in dark spaces.
When you follow Yahusha with full surrender, your life becomes a living constellation of His glory.
Museums of Faith: A Manhattan Illustration
Walk into the Museum of the City of New York or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and you’ll see relics of struggle, beauty, sacrifice—each piece cost something. It’s the same with discipleship. The most powerful testimonies are born from lives that paid the price.
WBJMinistries must become a gallery of grace—where people don’t just see art, but the Artist’s fingerprints on surrendered lives.
From the Ancestors: Amadlozi, Unkulunkulu, and Polish Roots
Amadlozi—our ancestral spirits—remind us of bloodlines that endured. Unkulunkulu, the Zulu Creator deity, points us to the source of life.
My Polish lineage—rooted in endurance, struggle, and faith under oppression—reminds me: we are built to carry the weight of obedience.
Like the Buddha said, “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
Discipleship is that fire—it purifies, transforms, and guides.
The Voices of the World Religions: One Call to Die to Self
The Catholic saints speak of holy suffering.
The Muslim tradition honors daily submission to Allah.
The Buddhist seeks detachment.
All of these echo Yahusha’s call: “Die to self. Live in Me.”
Famous Wisdom Echoing the Call:
Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Dr. Maya Angelou: “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
Martin Luther King Jr.: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
Count the cost. Then climb.
Final Challenge: Are We Willing?
Are we willing to lose the world to gain Him?
Are we willing to trade safety for sanctification?
Are we willing to give up applause for alignment?
Because Yahusha isn’t recruiting churchgoers. He’s calling disciples.
So today, stop scrolling through cheap grace and pick up your stake. The cost is high. But so is the reward.
Closing Prayer:
Abba Yahusha, Heavenly Father, we count the cost. Let us not shrink back when the road gets hard. Give us the boldness to lay down our lives, our pride, and our comforts. Stir in us the faith to walk, not just talk. We are ready. We are willing. HaleluYah.
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