The word of encouragement today is to look in the mirror today and ask yourself this question, what is the cost for following Jesus? In Luke, Jesus gives us the best explanation of what it takes to follow Jesus.
Luke 9:57-62, “As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 59He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." 60Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." 62Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
The first person who said, “I will follow you wherever you go.”—Talk is easy, telling people that we are followers of Christ is easy, but are we men and women of our word? Do we really say as we do? Jesus says it very clearly that if you call yourself a son or daughter of Jesus, we will have no place to lay our heads-(v58).
The Second person was challenged by God to follow Jesus, but responded, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”—following Christ has to be our number one priority in life. Jesus responds by saying, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(V60) Jesus makes it very clear to us all what our priorities have to be. Let the dead bury the dead, is a very important learning point for us all, that we need to learn to let go of our past, let go of our old selves, because we are made new in Christ. Today let us be challenged by God to set our priorities based on His perfect will for our lives.
The third person said to God, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” Jesus responds, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” (v62) God is challenging us all today, if we want to see God’s full blessings for our lives, if we want to walk in fullness of God’s purpose for our lives, if we want to see God’s power in our lives, we cannot put our hands to the plow and look back, we cannot be half hearted with our commitment to God.
By: Shaun Lee
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