I've always read this passage and wondered why Jesus would have a problem with someone wanting to bury his father, or taking the time to say good-bye to his family. This morning what stood out to me was "First let me go..." Don't we always have something that we want to do first? Jesus, I'll follow, but first I need to send an email, clean the house, finish school, raise my kids. We can go through our life thinking we are following Jesus, writing books about following Jesus, teaching others how to follow Jesus...but never actually following Him because there's always something that we need to do just now...then we'll follow.
Following Christ. Being on a Mission. Living with Passion—all begin now. There's an urgency that can't be put off. First let me follow—then everything else will be taken care of.
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God…” Matthew 6.
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