We think the nature of the sacrifice is each individuals hang up. For the rich young ruler it was his wealth...

Lev,

This reminded me of these scriptures in II Esdras 7:1-25 -

Response to Ezra’s Questions

7 When I had finished speaking these words, the angel who had been sent to me on the former nights was sent to me again. 2 He said to me, “Rise, Ezra, and listen to the words that I have come to speak to you.”
3 I said, “Speak, my lord.” And he said to me, “There is a sea set in a wide expanse so that it is deep and vast, 4 but it has an entrance set in a narrow place, so that it is like a river. 5 If there are those who wish to reach the sea, to look at it or to navigate it, how can they come to the broad part unless they pass through the narrow part? 6 Another example: There is a city built and set on a plain, and it is full of all good things; 7 but the entrance to it is narrow and set in a precipitous place, so that there is fire on the right hand and deep water on the left. 8 There is only one path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one person can walk on the path. 9 If now the city is given to someone as an inheritance, how will the heir receive the inheritance unless by passing through the appointed danger?”
10 I said, “That is right, lord.” He said to me, “So also is Israel’s portion. 11 For I made the world for their sake, and when Adam transgressed my statutes, what had been made was judged. 12 And so the entrances of this world were made narrow and sorrowful and toilsome; they are few and evil, full of dangers and involved in great hardships. 13 But the entrances of the greater world are broad and safe, and yield the fruit of immortality. 14 Therefore unless the living pass through the difficult and futile experiences, they can never receive those things that have been reserved for them. 15 Now therefore why are you disturbed, seeing that you are to perish? Why are you moved, seeing that you are mortal? 16 Why have you not considered in your mind what is to come, rather than what is now present?”

The Fate of the Ungodly

17 Then I answered and said, “O sovereign Lord, you have ordained in your law that the righteous shall inherit these things, but that the ungodly shall perish. 18 The righteous, therefore, can endure difficult circumstances while hoping for easier ones; but those who have done wickedly have suffered the difficult circumstances and will never see the easier ones.”
19 He said to me, “You are not a better judge than the Lord, or wiser than the Most High! 20 Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded! 21 For the Lord strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. 22 Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him;
they devised for themselves vain thoughts,
23 and proposed to themselves wicked frauds;
they even declared that the Most High does not exist,
and they ignored his ways.
24 They scorned his law,
and denied his covenants;
they have been unfaithful to his statutes,
and have not performed his works.
25 That is the reason, Ezra, that empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full.
The New Revised Standard Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1989.

This and the vision of the doors are symbolic of where people go wrong. There is a path to righteousness but it must be travelled carefully, (Eph. 5:15-21). This is the message of the ministry that God has given me. The sacrifice is giving up our thing for God's thing, getting persecuted for doing the right thing and praising Him in the process, (i.e., true 'fasting', Is. ch. 58 and I Thes. 5:16-18)). Though most reject it, the truth is the truth and will win out in the end. I also have to fight discouragement when people reject what God has shown me, though He confirms it with powerful miracles and it lines up with His Word. This is how I know it is Him. I call it the Elijah complex. You are trying to do the right thing, so just keep walking. We will get there if we simply do not quit pressing into Christ and abiding in Him, though it will bring us trouble from the enemy, the world and mostly those who call themselves Christian but are liars; those who look good but spit venom and they are here among us, (Matthew 10:34-42, 12:33-37, 24:9-13 and James chapter 3).

I enjoy hearing what God is telling you. Keep up the good work!

Be blessed,

Ray