Reading:
And
it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto
him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him,
Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man
hath not where to lay his head. And he said unto another, Follow me.
But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus
said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom
of God. And another also said, Lord, I will
follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my
house. And Jesus said unto him, No man,
having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of
God.
Commentary:
We often fail to fully understand what it means to
be a disciple of Christ. In Christ's
first response to man he teaches us that even the Son of Man "has no where
to lay his head." Christians often
suffer poverty. Secondly, our natural
love of family is not to interfere in our calling to serve Christ. "Let the dead bury the dead" and
"Follow Me." While we are to
love and serve our family, we cannot permit our natural love for such to keep
us from following God's Word. For
example, hearing God's Word in church is more important than many family
events. Thirdly, when God calls us to
serve in any station or office in life, we are not to look with love at that
life we must leave behind, for "No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for
the kingdom of God." Remember Lot's
wife. Her love for the world kept her
from the love of Christ which would have saved her soul.
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