Count the Cost

 Luke  14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

I'd never forget a knowledge I got in my Economics class while I was in my Pre-degree programme in 2013. The lecturer asked "what comes first, consumption or production?", without any hesitation, everyone shouted " Production ". The lecturer looking at us unsatisfied with some subtle grin on his face, asked " why?" , a guy raised his hand confidently, got up and said " because we produce before consumption can take place", the lecturer laughed, and we all for a minute looked bemused with certain indistinct chatters here and there, after some minutes, the lecturer called the young man and asked "so what happens when you produce and there's no one to consume it", and for about some few seconds, there was a seeming silence in the hall, you could hear a pin drop. The loud silence was followed with " Oh, okay " with certain laughs here and there. Oh boy, I felt like my head was opened😂. Some few years later, the scripture above then made more sense to me. Just like the "producer & consumer" analogy, you must think about those who need what you have, you don't start something, and then halfway stop because you didn't count the cost before starting. A house not built on a budget will later turn an abandoned project. Plan your dreams before venturing. You must have thought it through before starting. I always have a word I used "No one sells what doesn't sell", make a proper survey before venturing into that business.Whatever you must do, if its worth starting, its what proper planning, and if you've started something you know you shouldn't, its not too late to have a U-turn 🙂. Do have a lovely weekend ahead.

(Daily Nuggets with Tobi Adebayo)