There is, in the midst of earthly ease, continual danger that we give way to the spirit of self indulgence. Too many of our friends are ready to make Peter’s mistake when we stand before duties which demand self denial or sacrifice, saying to us, “This shall never be unto you!” They insist that we are not really called to such costly service, and they would dissuade us from it. But such voices are not the Good Shepherd’s – they are for the time the voices of strangers. We should know them by their earthly tone. That is not the way Christ speaks to us. He would never have us withhold ourselves from any service because of its cost.