Matthew 8: 18-22
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Following Jesus is demanding and requires a total gift of self and what we might consider essential to our happiness, but in these stark words, he indicates that HE is the top priority and we must leave ALL, even family, security, my own will, "My Way" to be a true disciple. Sounds impossible, "Mission Impossible", but it isn't. Grace makes all things possible in ways we never imagined, take it from one who made every mistake a fist year teacher can make, and ended up president of a huge high school, with many other "impossible missions" in between. Trusting in God's grace,. letting go and letting Jesus take charge, nothing is impossible.
Bro. Rene .
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