The Psalmist says, "Taste and see that the Lord is good". The Holy Spirit wets our appetite for the things of God. As it were, He gives us free samples. There are things in our life that He will allow for a hile, but eventually there is a price to pay for continuing on in the blessing and truth that He is offering us.
Christian can deceive themselves by assuming that because they have experienced an encounter of some kind with God that they are now the possessors of that experience - that it is no part of their life - when in actuality they may have enjoyed a free sample.
It is often from our human perspective that it seems that growing in Christ costs us anything. In retrospect, we can always see that the cost would have been not to allow God to deal with our lives in order for us to progress in Him. (Philippians 3:7-9)
How could anybody consider changing corruptible for incorruptible as a cost?
We must not be satisfied with free samples of God's presence. We must not be satisfied with visiting the presence of God, but rather continually be in the presence of God and as result impact this world for His Kingdom.
Moves of God always have something spectacular associated with them, and during those times is seems so easy to "follow after God." The problem arises when we no longer are motivated to continue in God's transformation processes when the spectacular ceases.
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