Billy Graham Daily Devotional 12 November 2021 Friday Message
Topic: Good Things Are Costly
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
— John 16:33
You should not expect the easy way, for if you do you are certainly destined for disappointment. Any person who knows the Bible knows that the Christian life is likened to an athletic contest or to warfare, and neither one is easy. Jesus warned His followers to count carefully the cost, and that certainly does not speak of an easy way. But there is no good thing that comes without cost.
The Christian life is the most satisfying, but only when we actually go all out and all the way. It is the Christian who tries to compromise who finds life miserable, for he has all the problems, without the fellowship that comes through surrender. For every trial and test, Christ supplies an abundance of grace with which to bear it, and in our weakness we are made strong.
Prayer for the day
Let me never look for the easy way when You, Lord Jesus, gave everything for me.
Billy Graham Daily Devotional 12 November 2021 Message was written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same. God bless you.