Do you know what you signed up for?

1. It won't be fancy.
2. It won't be convenient.
3. It won't be without sacrifice.

“Now we are not to misunderstand this. Ordinary security, accepted customs, home ties, are still the norm. Jesus approves of them, since they are part and parcel of the social life of mankind as his Father created it, and that is normally the way his followers are led to live. But the crucial question, and the one he is asking here, concerns what happens at the parting of the ways. ‘Suppose I were to lead you towards work in which your income would be lower, your prospects (humanly speaking) more uncertain, and your accustomed standard of living non-existent? Or suppose I were to ask you to do something for me which according to most people of your class and background is simply ‘not done’? Or suppose I were to summon you to my service with such a peremptory call that your nearest and dearest would have to be left without an explanation? Would you even then come my way?’ Regularly, God tests the earnestness of men’s hearts by bringing them to this fork in the road. When it becomes necessary to choose between two ways, which do we follow? Comfort or convention or custom—or Christ? The test from the very outset has been ‘Follow me.’”

- The Bible Speaks Today Commentary