MATTHEW 19:21 teaches us that holiness requires a huge price to pay to achieve. We are not literally demanded for money but it means that it will take a lot from you before you totally reach it.
Living for the purpose of God is totally a challenging life to live for. Some thought that is they follow God, they will be immune to all misfortunes in life but that is totally not the case. As we follow God we are bound to go through such trials that will test our spiritual endurance or we can say "faith". Sometimes being a follower and believer really hits us hard because we are tested and many of us fail to understand that, instead they all just retreat and back out to the challenge and leave. Life is really unfair, we should be thankful that God is here with us and roots for us, but we always expect God to be our lucky charm and be our bullet proof from all sorts of problems and troubles. God does not want that to be the point of our fellowship to Him. He wants us to be closer to Him because that is what He deserves and what He wants to shape in our hearts, if we will just make God as a safety option, we will not acknowledge him if we are not in trouble right?
We as followers should learn that our commitment requires sacrifice and dedication in the name of His Glory. We will go through pain and hardships, we will fail and be bruised but the good thing here is that God will never leave our side and He will be our guide along our path. He will never betray us nor forsake us. He will always wants to shape our life as a strong and firm believer that will never back down but instead will fight in the name of God.
Flank.