Good Morning Friends,
“When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave
orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came
to him and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus replied,
‘Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no
place to lay his head.’ Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go
and bury my father.’ But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury
their own dead.’” (Matthew 8:18-22)
Following Jesus will not always be convenient
or comfortable.
Jesus Himself did not always live a comfortable
life. There were often times that He didn’t even have a place to sleep. Those
who are His servants cannot expect to be above our Master (Matthew 10:24). While
God does bless us tremendously, sometimes hardships also come our way.
The statement of Jesus to the man who wanted to
bury his father before following Jesus seems without compassion. Yet it is
likely that the man’s father wasn’t even dead yet. What he requested was not
the opportunity to deal with a family crisis, but a way to delay his decision
to follow the Lord. Jesus doesn’t call us to follow Him just when it is easy
for us. He doesn’t say “when you are ready, follow Me.” He calls us to make a
deliberate choice, even at great cost to us, to follow Him.
It’s not always convenient or comfortable for
us to follow Jesus, but it is always right!
His, by Grace, Steve
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