Jan 11, 2017 – Matt 8
Jesus told him,
"Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." Matt 8:22
Don’t let worldly
responsibilities distract us from following Jesus.
Time may not be our friend, but it is definitely not our
excuse.
Often, we are quick to blame our busy schedule for not
having ‘time’ to do the things we know we should. We tell God we don’t have enough time to read
His Word. We excuse ourselves from
serving God’s Church family because we can’t schedule the ‘time’. Simple chores don’t get finished because we
ran out of ‘time’. It’s as if we keep
chasing ‘time’, and it’s always running away from us, like a cat chasing a
tail!
The problem with busy lives is that some people find the time to do those things
anyways! There are some people (and not
just pastors), who take ‘time’ to read the Word of God daily. There are many others who support God’s
Kingdom by serving His Church with their ‘time’. Many are able to juggle busy lives and still
find the ‘time’ to perform their daily chores.
Jesus is traveling with his disciples, and He notices a
potential leader worthy of getting involved in the ministry. So Jesus makes the man an offer to join them
in the work, and the man says “I’m busy with family obligations and can’t go
yet. Maybe after I take care of my
father’s estate and get the business set up properly, and have everything taken
care of in my life, THEN I will have enough time for you Jesus.” Jesus’ response was thought-provoking: “Follow me, and let the dead bury the
dead”.
The fact is that EVERYONE has been gifted with the same
amount of time. We each receive 24 hours
every day to choose how to use, and have the ability to accomplish the same
things with it. Our time is not the
problem, it’s our choices that prevents us from doing the things we should. We have the choice of using our daily time
for Eternal Life-Giving activities, or use it for death-giving ones. The truth is, we have enough time, we are
just filling our time with the wrong choices.
How tragic that we use ‘time’ to excuse our lack of
discipline and devotion to Jesus. Is
there anything more worthy of our time than knowing God? Is our Savior not important enough to offer
some of our precious time?
Look at your schedule this week. What needs changed, so that you have some
time for Jesus every day? CHOOSE to make
some changes in your ‘time’, so that you can follow the Giver of Life.
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