Section 4
continues, "For which of you, wanting to build a tower, will not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all those looking on will begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish." This word and that in verse 31 indicate that to follow the Lord as a career requires us to give all we have and all we can do to it. Otherwise, we shall be a failure and become the tasteless salt to be thrown out of the glorious realm to a sphere of shame (vv. 34-35).
We should not think that following the Lord Jesus is an insignificant matter. Following Him should be a lifelong career. As our career, follow ing the Lord requires that we give all we have and all we can do to it.
In verses 31 and 32 the Lord says, "Or what king, going to engage another king in war, will not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Otherwise, while he is yet at a distance, he will send an envoy and ask for the terms of peace." This illustration is also related to the cost of following the Lord. In following Him, we need to pour out whatever we have.