What price for your destiny?

1Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in^(A) Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2And after this Ahab said to Naboth,^(B) "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money." 3But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid^(C) that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers." (1 Kings 21:1-3)

King Ahab want Naboth to sell his land. He even offered better land in return. Naboth, however, refused because the land he held was his heritage and he valued his heritage more than property or wealth. Or perhaps his heritage was his wealth.

The question I have is--what is the price of your heritage?

To put it another way---what is the price of your destiny? What would you sell your destiny or potential for?

Let's say God gives us--as we enter this life--a bag full of potential. What would it take to cause us to surrender that potential forever? Would the promise of security through this life be enough to make you, make me, forever give up hope of reaching for our destiny? We are born into the Kingdom with a high calling in Christ Jesus. But we settle for so much less than what we could reach by the power of Christ in us.
I remember Peter Daniels, an Australian believer and billionaire once confessing he feels he has reached only the level of two out of 10, so far as reaching his potential goes. That is a challenging thought indeed. But sadly, it is likely true, few people have come anywhere close to reaching the potential we have in the Kingdom of God.

I know this, I don't want to settle anymore for mediocrity. I have a growing desire to reach for that elusive thing called potential.

But the question remains--what is the price of our potential? If we were offered bondage, with the promise of complete comfort and security, but at the price of potential, would accept bondage?

How much would we sell our dreams for?

Or is our calling something that is beyond price? I think it is--The price to pursue our God-given dreams is surely great. But, then, there is no promise of security apart from abandonment to God and His grace.

Press on in Him.