My passage for today is Luke 57-62. In this passage Jesus is speaking to several men bidding them to come and follow him. Each expresses that he will follow Jesus wherever He goes, but when Jesus says "Ok Lets Go"...they have excuses to wait. One wants to say goodbye to his family and friends etc.... another wants to wait until his brother is buried. The Lord then says to them that if you are called to Go, then you are to Go without hesitation or reservation, never questioning or looking back.
If you are anything like me...this sounds harsh, even hurtful. One guy wants to go to his brothers funeral and another wants to say goodbye to his loved ones. These sound like quite reasonable and sincere request. I think the Lord God allowed these examples to be placed in the Bible for a reason, of course. It is to let us know that nothing and no one are to come between us and Him and His calling for us. Neither family nor friends, no matter how deep our loyalty lies with a relationship here on earth, our relationship with Him should always take priority. This will be hurtful at times, to ourselves and others we love however in the end ALL things work together for our good. That is a promise from God. This lesson can be a hard one to learn. Have you had an experience with this? I would love to hear about it and how you felt, what you did???
Blessings to you and yours.
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You always inspire me to give more thought to the things you write about, thank you!
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