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1.5 KiB
Markdown
30 lines
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title = "Luke 9:57–62"
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date = "2022-12-04"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk9.57-62)
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While we have seen that the disciples were imperfect people, these verses show
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us that not just anyone will be willing to pay the true cost of following
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Jesus. The first man sounds like he'll be loyal, but Jesus says that the road
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will not be full of material comforts, or even that there will be deprivation
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because of following Him. The second man asks to fulfill a familial
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responsibility, but Jesus says it's not as important as proclaiming the kingdom
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of God, which would be extremely shocking in that culture. The third only asks
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to go say farewell to his family, but Jesus…does not actually say that
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he can't. What He does say is that he can't be concerned and worried for those
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he left behind when there is important work in front of him.
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The common thread in these three situations is that God wants complete devotion
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from us. We can't be partially concerned with His will and His kingdom and
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partially concerned with ourselves. We can't even be concerned for our own
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family except as that concern is subordinate to advancing God's kingdom. (And
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we should definitely be trying to build God's kingdom within our own families.
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God promises to take care of our needs, both material and spiritual, temporal
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and eternal. This frees us up to do the work that He has prepared for us to do.
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* * *
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Give us eternal perspectives, O Lord, so that our priorities line up with
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Yours.
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