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Foxes Have Dens To Live In,
And Birds Have Nests,
But The Son Of Man Has No Place Even To Lay His Head.
Scripture
Matthew 8
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
21 Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.”
2 Corinthians 6
10 Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
Observation
I
have to remind myself all the time that the Lord has promised to take care of
me. He will provide what Kathy and I need as we put Him first.
What has it cost
you to follow Jesus? What has it cost me? What have we given up?
Jesus Christ
didn’t even have a place to lay His head and yet His call was “follow me”.
His
call on my life and His call on your life is a call for us to follow Him –
right now!
Matthew
6:33 is not just a good verse to memorize it is a verse for us to live our
lives by, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these
things will be given to you as well.”
“Follow
Jesus” is not a suggestion. It is a command!
Application
I
will follow Jesus and make His kingdom my number one priority. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, it is so easy for me to make excuses to why I am not putting You and
Your Kingdom first, but I know that there is no excuse, no reason not to put
You first. You have taken such good care of us. We are blessed. Show me what to
do today that involves Your Kingdom. Guide me. Direct me. Don’t let me waste my
time on stuff that is not important to You.
I
pray for my son Hugh today. Bless him today on his birthday. I pray that he
will live his life in a way that pleases You. Help him to sense Your presence
and experience Your power and Your love in his life.
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