here comes a point in every man's journey where the road splits into two. One path is wide, crowded, full of applause and admiration. The other is narrow, lonely, lined with fire. And right there, standing at the crossroads, you will hear a whisper from eternity: Will you pay the price?

Many start the journey, but few finish. Many hear the call, but few answer it with their lives. Many hold promises from God, but few walk into them. Because between the calling and the crown, there is a price that must be paid.

We admire men who carry God, but we do not see their scars. We quote their words, but we ignore their sacrifices. We want the results but not the refining. We desire mantles, but we are afraid of the crushing that births them.

We want to roar like lions in the Spirit, but we are unwilling to be stripped of everything that makes us weak.

THE COST OF THE ANOINTING

Power is not free. There is no shortcut to depth. The men who shake kingdoms have paid in a currency that cannot be bought with money-tears on the altar, blood on the threshing floor, nights without sleep, days without food, obedience that made no sense.

Moses did not just walk into glory. He abandoned the comfort of the palace to find God in the wilderness. He spent forty years in a desert before he could command the Red Sea to part.

Elijah did not just call down fire. He first laid himself on an altar only heaven could see. He walked alone, fed by ravens, hidden until the time of his showing.

Paul did not just write epistles. He bore the marks of a man who had been beaten, rejected, and broken for the gospel. He counted all things as loss. He abandoned status, reputation, and comfort for a crown that could not be seen with the human eye.

You say you want more. Are you ready for what "more" will take from you?

THE WEIGHT OF DIVINE TRUST

God does not trust men who have not bled for Him. He does not hand out power like free bread to men who still negotiate obedience. The weight of your calling will always match the depth of your sacrifice.

Revival is expensive. Glory is costly. There are dimensions of God that are not found in convenience. There are mantles that do not rest on casual seekers.

The Apostles walked in power, but it cost them everything. They laid down their ambitions, their plans, their very lives. They understood that before crowns are given, crosses must be carried.

This is why there are few men of stature in our generation. Many love the crown but despise the cross. Many love platforms but run from the process. Many desire the oil but resist the crushing.

But if you will truly be a man of the Spirit-if you will truly walk with weight in the Spirit-then you must settle this now: There is a price, and you must pay it. No one else can do it for you.

THE CHOICE THAT DEFINES DESTINY

The road is narrow. The cost is high. But the reward? The kind that makes eternity testify that a man once walked the earth, and hell still remembers his name.

There are two kinds of men in every generation: those who negotiate their calling and those who die for it. One will have stories; the other will have scars. One will have opinions; the other will have oil. One will be remembered by men; the other will be remembered by God.

Will you pay the price? Or will you join the multitudes who settled for less?