As the title says, this is not a question in the abstract. This is not something to mull over in a corner of the brain disconnected from our existence.

Are you willing to suffer for the cause of Christ? Are you willing to put your income, your family’s income, at risk for Christ? Are you willing to risk prison and stoning and burning and mutilation for the cause of Christ? Christians throughout the ages have been faced with this question and for most of them it was in their face, an immediately relevant question. 

Believers in America rarely have to suffer for their faith. I believe the day is not far off when that will start to change. What are we willing to sacrifice for Christ? What are we willing to put at risk for Christ? How much will I lay on the line? And will I be ready when the day of trial and testing comes?

Lord, make me ready.